You still need to put at least 10-25% down depending on experience for a hard money loan.

Saw something here on BP as well: Ep. 293 Are You a Fearful or Faithful “What If” Person?

I have some money saved for investing but not much.

If someone injures themselves and sues, they will be suing the LLC and not you personally.

I'm considering asking if they would loan based on the appraised value if we used our own money for down payment.

Option 1-sell it back to her ie tell her you want all of the money back within 72 hours PLUS all of the costs you incurred or will incur (eg mortgage penalty) as a result of her not moving or you will sue her. 

He will finance building the house. this can be done however you want -  my recommendation where I see things go wrong is everyone is high and drinking the kool aid when they go into these deals thinking they are going to be making all this money.

@Bryan Noth But if the inspection fails to approve should I spend money to fix it before I can renew the lease ?

I personally don't, but I'm not carrying my groceries up and down.

Scenario 2 - 9.5% Yield (Multiple notes) vs Stock at 6%:For this scenario we are going to use the same numbers as above the only difference we are going to be buying a new note with all of the money we get after ever year.Year 0 - 12k to buy the note Year 1 - We have 3024.24 (252.02 * 12) Year 1 - We buy a second note 3024.24 at 9.5% for 4 years -- 48 payments of $75.98.Year 2 - 3024.24 (1st note) + 911.76 (75.98 * 12 -- 2nd note)Year 2 - We buy a third note 3936 at 9.5% for 3 years -- 36 payments of $126.08.Year 3 - 3024.24 (1st note) + 911.76 ( 2nd note) + 1512.96 (126.08 * 12 -- 3rd note)Year 3 - We buy a fourth note 5,448.96 at 9.5% for 2 years -- 24 payments of $250.19.Year 4 - 3024.24 (1st note) + 911.76 ( 2nd note) + 1512.96 (3rd note) + 3002.28 (250.19 * 12 -- 4th note)Year 4 - We buy a fifth note and final 8,451,24 at 9.5% for 1 year -- 12 payments of $741.03.Year 5 - 3024.24 (1st note) + 911.76 ( 2nd note) + 1512.96 (3rd note) + 3002.28 (4th note) + 8,892.36 (741.03 * 12 -- 5th note).Total: $17,343.6 While this second scenario does outperform the 6% stock market return, it only give you a 7.64% annualized return while is better, if we implement scenario 2 in a self directed IRA where lets assume they charge you $150 every time you buy a new asset that would technically be $750 less of profit giving you a profit of $16,593.6 and a 6.7% annualized return.