If you are looking to jump in right away, this option can afford you the opportunity to get involved relatively quickly.

Those would likely be expensive to fix because they often involve digging up the ground.

But if there is a way that doesn't involve my credit I would do it now.

You picked a great site to be involved in.  

Your personal guarantee of that debt instrument in a transaction where the IRA has involvement would be very risky.Our firm's approach to such JV transactions is one of caution.  

Then you both get to share bunks in the big house where you get romantically involved with other people you may not want to be romantically involved with.If anyone doubts the validity of the above paragraph, I would recommend you google: "Minerva Sanchez fraud" or just click on this link. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/bay-area-real-estate-agent-arrested-orchestrating-fraudulent-short-sale-stanislaus

I plan on getting an expert involved when he is about to move out to evaluate the property value.

Therefore, this is before your C end buyer even gets involved with you, the B investor.To answer your second question, you have to sign a contract with A seller and control the transaction so that C buyer cannot "steal" the property.  

The steps are simple: get involved with that REIA, as another fellow told you, read the guides on BP, listen to the podcast, start educating yourself, and start analyzing deals.

So needless to say no longer involved in Section 8.