Just put 20% down and grab as many as you can with traditional loans.

I am making an assumption that you either have non-traditional financing that will loan on a distressed property or you have cash to start. 

But I could not find anything about whether or not BP members even put money into traditional retirement investments.  

This enabled my bank to wave the traditional 6 month seasoning period and refinance the loan immediately.How did you add value to the deal?

When in the process do you put it under traditional financing ?

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Hi Joseph,  I am a "traditional" realtor but 90% of my business is out of state investors, so I work to build up relationships with the wholesalers.

What you''re considering is an immigrant tradition- To pool family money to help a new immigrant purchase a home. 

If I could use a USDA 524 Loan, construct a duplex, refinance when project is complete with a traditional mortgage, and then sell/rent the other side while I live in the property then it just may work out for me.This is a brainstorming  session for me and I was wondering if anyone had any tips at all or if this strategy seems viable? 

A traditional lender probably won't even do a mortgage for less than 75,000, I think that's typically their line.