But that when the note reaches maturity, there are issues with getting the final payout.If there are others on this forum that can share their experiences (good or bad) around whether they received their entire investment back in a timely fashion, that would be very helpful.

I finally got what I thought was my first flip deal in Melrose MA.

That gives them a high loan amount (more interest income), and if you can cover 20-25% of that for the down payment, they may be able to come to the table.

After moving last year from North Carolina where we did some real estate investing, we finally finished and closed on our first Charleston area renovation.  

Great strategy going owner occupied I bought my first duplex last July it was a rough road made lots of offers and finally got one. 

What happened today was, it's our anniversary, and we figured we'd take the baby for a drive around his nap-time so he'd be sound asleep in the carseat, and we could go to our favorite restaurant for our anniversary (with baby sound asleep in his carseat at our table).  

I'm Tomas and I finally decided to become a member.

She has since passed away, but her final months were better than they otherwise would have been, and her son's financial health certainly a crap ton better than it would have been (I caught him right before he was going to start missing payments, disqualifying him from any mortgage because his FICO was already shaky as it was).

The calls I made started taking their own path, til finally I realized that all I need to do is introduce myself, tell them what made me call and let them know I was interested in buying their house followed by asking them any variation of 2 questions...#1 are you interesting in selling?

(This is legal in most states only a few are against)As soon as final inspection is passed contact the city inspector for the certificate of completion or occupancy (depends on state).