Her moms idea is to let it go into foreclosure then buy it back when it goes to a short-sale with a private lenders money (which I have) but I think this is a huge risk because, correct me if I'm wrong, but once it goes into a short-sale anyone can buy it and I'm sure we would be going up against experienced and knowledgeable investors that would get it before us.

New to REI....Does this sound like a good way to start slow with a low monetary investment?  The deal presented...  an investor will invest  $10,000 and own 25%of the  home. The monthly returns are based on the amount...

We have used a website called buildasign.com to make a lot of signs before.They are pretty cheap.Just an FYI don't get yourself in trouble placing signs all over public property or private property you do not have permission to use.

Doesn't sound like your primary will work unless you find a private lender. 

I can help you with "shadow inventory" and I can give you some powerful guidance to help you find private money.    

Obviously genuine 'private money' would work, but so far I haven't been able to access any.I am going crazy, as time after time I see great deals go begging - e.g.

Long term wealth, flipping, private funding, partnership in apartments?

Hello, I'm working on a 6 Unit and a 60 Units apartment building for buy and hold. The sellers will finance 20% for each deal. I need an investor/jv and a attorney with syndication experience. Thanks.

@John HixonThanks for the kind words@Mark KvamThe following people I think should be consulted regarding your mobile home park purchase@John Fedro@Curt Smith@Ken RishelMaster lease options in general is where we "guaranteeing the net operating income NOI" on a master lease, have an option to purchase based on NOI, and then turning around the investmentAll leases are turned over to you as a master tenant and you in turn sublease  outThink of a poorly managed apartment building, with a low NOIYou increase rents over time and decrease expenses and efficiency of managementWith a master lease option, you can sell your option or exercise your optionMobile home park negotiations, I would think that that's a late sale and purchase agreement with a large down payment would be the most prudent way to approach it, you may need private money to execute the  sale and purchase agreement@Bill GulleyMight have a few ideas too

If you can use the funds funds in your 401k to do some private lending for example and generate 10-12% return on your money AND if you can personally find a loan at say 8% - you'll be better off doing that instead of borrowing from your 401k.3.