Hi all, new to the BP community with my first post here.I’ve done a lot of research on hard money loans lately.

One of the reasons we both wanted to get into this business is to help people and we will work hard to keep that in focus.  

I'm thinking that if I bring her hard numbers on the deal that might help, but I'm not sure how to start putting a value to the home.Second, does anyone have advice on how I can approach my landlord about selling to us? 

Paint may not cost much, but painting is time consuming and labor intensive.Countertop: It's hard to say from your description. 

I can only assume its located in a rapidly appreciating market where investors are willing to suck it up for a couple of years and let price appreciation do the hard work for them (always a risky gamble in any market).

I feel that it’s a bit hard to find a good that’s not trying to sell me a “system” to make money in real estate.

Just it’s so hard to find deals in north NJ.

I am considering a hard money loan to acquire it and then finding a private money loan to hold it and pay it off.

Your best bet is use cash or hard money when you buy and rehab, and after about 6-12 months refinance, depending on the bank they can do a conventional on 80% of the appraised value then!

Your only options for a down payment of 10% or lower are seller financing, hard money lender, or raising money from passive investors and syndicating the deal.