Have also made arrangements for the seller to go to the U.S.

As long as you and your dad are fine with the financial arrangement.

What kind of arrangements do y'all usually do or recommend?

there are threads on this company.. from what I read in the threads they charge 2500 or more to sign up with them with NO promise of funding... then they charge some amount of money to underwrite each deal.. so its concievable you will be out 3 to 3500 before they say they will do the deal.. although they say you get a rebate when you use them to get your dough back.. from what others have posted.. they paid the money and the deals were never good enough to fund from do hard moneys side of things and they blew the dough.but there are others that have posted that they indeed funded loans for them at 100% .. from what others have said there rates are quite high as you would expect with this kind of arrange mentsyou may want to google   Gorilla capital in Eugene Ore.. they have a quasi 90% program.

Send me an email directly at EricLaneProp@ gmail.com so we can arrange for a time to speak and see if we can help each other.In the mean time, if you have any other questions feel free to ask and i'll try my best to help

I'm a R.E.I in the heart of Bristol if you would like to book a meeting with me them just get in touch and we can arrange it.

I love my job but Real Estate Investing has caught my eye and my addictive personality has sucked me in further and I am actively pursuing a buy and hold portfolio with aggressive goals.I have arranged my capital and I am starting to research areas to invest in, SoCal is my preference, but if there are no buy and hold deals to be structured then I will cast my gaze further a field. 

Legal liability issues aside, which I know the merits of LLCs, GL policies, liability, etc. have been debated in detail, does this arrangement give any additional flexibility to tap the conventional lending markets and not be limited to the commercial lending markets? 

If you can get the house  livable you can move in with your dog and get the one, other great apartment renovated and have someone move in there.About the boiler maybe you can get the boiler on a Home Depot credit card and work out a payment arrangement with a plumber.  

I would make sure that maybe 150% of the money I will calculate I need is available from the same money partner and make that a part of the arrangement.