Minimal disturbance to your personal life, no long term commitment, fairly quick "success/failure" feedback, and you get your feet wet and see if you even like this business.  

If I engage an attorney, I would try to build his fees into the cost of the loan, probably as points on the backend (after flip).One of my worries is that with the added cost of the attorney and with the return I require to satisfy my risk appetite, the rate I can offer them would be uncompetitive (one of them who has a steady income, good DTI  and prime credit score can get fairly competitive (6-8%) rates on an personal unsecured loan).

Funding an SDIRA (Transfers vs Rollovers)Writing offers and issuing earnest moneyleverage and the use a mortgage (specifically UBIT)Fair Market ValuationsGreat talking with you earlier Jillian - Best of luck.

It has had VCT on the floor for about 8 years, and it's fairly light colored.

Just treat people fairly and they should reciprocate over time.

I am fairly well-versed in construction methods and materials, but short on time and manpower, so-to-speak.  

In 1979 at the ripe old age of 20, I was a fairly new Real Estate Agent yet one of the top listing agents in the area.

The ones that do great are buying deeply discounted properties and adding value or gambling on price appreciation in great RE markets that have benefited from the market rebound following the recession.  

The assignment is usually a one-page document that is fairly self-explanatory.

There is a fairly new REI group in the area that meets monthly.