Buy the property  under your name  & put in into  a land trust.  

You are buying a fixer, trust me, the inspection didn't find everything.

These are debt investors whose investments are secured by deeds of trust on properties.  

A little hard to tell from the photo, but if the hill is less than 10' away from the house, I'd probably invest in moving that dirt so you have a clear 10' minimum level walkway around the house.Slabs and Pergo laminate are not my favorite combo, unless there is some sort of proper barrier between them. 

Currently the team I work with works with investors of all levels and at all aspects of the so feel free to PM me with any questions.I am curious to know if others find beneficial to get themselves involved in the communities they plan on investing in?

Older homes have more risk, in my opinion, because things may not be level, you many not be able to use standard/bulk items, specialty items cost more, you need to create a space that matches the house period, and the potential pool of buyers who desire older homes is smaller (at least in our area).

Don't forget about the 2nd trust.

If you did good work and are selling at market level no reasonable buyer will have an issue with you buying the property on the cheap when it was a junk heap.

There is a decent bill at the state level that wants to change zoning in order to create more density .

@ Jill PetersonI suggest having an applicant scorecard so that you can review candidates on a level playing field.