That is simply astounding! 

Moral of the story, there is much more than simply looking a property up on line, making sure it didn't trade at a tax sale and having an idea of whether the property taxes are current.  2.  

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As I called banks like Wells Fargo and did research on buying properties this route it seems that you simply have to have a bank connection.

If one uses realtors to sell, pays closing costs of all parties to buy, has hard money costs, and holding costs they typically make 10% profit on the sale.There is and can not be a new model of 80% for a rehab flip when the economics simply dictate there is no profit left for the actual party that takes possession, risks money, risks loss, risks vandalism, pays for insurance, has holding costs and actually adds value to the property through repairs.  

There was not poorer performance simply because a property was structured as a TIC or wholly owned by one individual.  

Overall it was a win for everyone except for the agent we had planned to use (fortunately I was not under contract... yet).I found the major and obvious things were pretty easy to estimate, it was all the little, easy to overlook type stuff that crept into the equation.

What is the best way to structure a deal with them if they will be fronting all of the money and I'll simply be the project manager/RE Agent on the deal? 

You may also find information buy going down to the Housing Authority and simply asking them what you need to know.

Remember, it HAS TO BE WIN/ WIN.