@Mark BroganThanks Mark@Clive ClewerThe system seems to be a guru wordYour job in Real Estate Investing is to pick residential or commercialChoose to be licensed or notSo your toolbox up with Wholesaling, and fixing flips, subject to, lease options, installment sales, private first mortgages, joint ventures, and learning how to negotiate with sellersLet me know if I can help you with that

I am extraordinarily motivated to get started with my venture into Real Estate.

If you sue and lose, you have to pay their attorneys fees as well.

He needs the money for another business venture and his business partner is putting pressure on him to make a decision.

How can we structure the deal in a way that we can do the repairs ourselves without the risk of either party losing out in case the deal falls through?

Are you losing money?

"Lose to win".

@Jacob CasarezI'm not losing any sleep. 

Only the most experienced investors with extremely deep pockets and a strong support team should venture out into what you are considering. 

As an investor without large amounts of capital, you stand to lose loads of money if you try and add apples (actual, known, real numbers) to oranges (best guess numbers).