I would have tried to learn more about alternative finance methods. as far as Equity, the more the equity the better the loan to value, mortgages, and in house financing options.

If you've presented the numbers to him, has he suggested any alternate breakdown of profits that he thinks is more equitable?

Alternatively, you can partner with syndicators on their deals but typically you will be a passive investor in the deal, getting passive income.

My personal guess is it's going to remain strong even through recessions due to continuous job and population growth, especially from high priced mkts like NY, California, Chicago where business and individuals are moving to Nashville by the truck load. 

Or, alternatively, your down payment would need to be enough to allow the seller to pay off whatever existing mortgages they owe on top of the realtor commissions and whatever the seller wants to put in their own pocket on closing day.Realistically, most Realtors will want to see a preapproval from you, and they aren't in the habit of disclosing their clients' mortgage balance (assuming they even know it) to a random cold caller. 

That would be a really expensive alternative...

No one knew that alternating current would make high-temperature coal-fired furnaces wholly obsolete by 1940.So here we are today out here, surrounded by quite a few SFR properties built by people who believed they were building for generations to come in a very stable area.

Alternatively you can individually own houses anywhere in the country, or you can partner with others on deals anywhere in the country. 

I live two hours from the property, but as a truck driver, I'm in the area often. 

@John HickeyHey John,Sorry if I don’t respond right away I currently work nights I’m a truck driver so I sleep during the day.