(The second was a restaurant and its building that the partner just disappeared and abandoned the whole shebang and left us who were supposed to be silent money partners to run the business.

Perhaps a hidden surveillance system to catch the culprit will be money better spent. 

Perhaps you can get a friend to lend you money as debt loan until your refinance or pull out a heloc.

Hello all,I recently transitioned from finance to real estate, am looking for deals to fund and my question is two-fold:1) Investors - for those of you funding your investment properties with hard money, where / how are you identifying your funding sources and what are the most important criteria in arranging your financing?

It's all about the team you have in place, in my opinion a true turnkey rental is one where the provider purchased the property with their own money, did the renovation and own the property management company on the back end.

Bi, good questions, because California home taxes are very high and to answer your question about the price because I don’t have more money rn.I heard that NV is a good state to invest in.

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You're not counting the money saved by living in the house you're also collecting $16k annual rent on.

Where do I locate hard money lenders in the state of Arkansas or near by and would experience be a huge problem when it comes to creating the partnership?

If you can connect me with someone who can lend me the money.