I brought about 5k to the table to close and will contribute about 15k in renovation costs as well.

A great team is where everyone contributes their value and work towards the same goal and share the rewards, happiness, pains and the journey together.

I understand I deposit the money into the LLC as an owner contribution.

I am pleased to say that on Monday we are selling Appleton Ridge for $3,000,000, booking a $1,000,000 profit on 3 years work.Please note I have investors and partners in this deal that contributed to its success

@Lawrence LeungFirst your ignoring the fact that I was talking about the negative CF and you will have to contribute money to the investment monthly. 

Real estate experience: I passed my real estate broker exam but did not renew it (hopefully I will in the next couple years) This community is so inspiring, and I hope I'm able to come back and contribute to this community one day.

I will probably start doing the maximal 57k contribution for this year, and every qualifying year after.

Our economic diversity, attraction of new residents (Hello, Californians) and favored-status with expanding companies are all contributing to a strong economy and an even stronger housing market.This is no fun for real estate investors trying to uncover bargains, but investors are buying properties here every day to build their buy and hold portfolios. 

More often, banks want the borrower to contribute some actual equity from the purchase price.  

As far as funding the creation of the LLC, you won't be able to create a business bank account until the LLC is created - so you have to pay for the company structure as an individual and record the funding as owner equity or owner contribution on your books once you have accounting software set up and in place.