Thanks for the clarification.So if you were to take on that loan, could you take an addtional loan for the remaining 20%?

Brian,Did you sell off the remaining stock?

Should I find a hard money lender, tie up the property with enough equity for the investor and a piece for me, and then resell it to him.Should I use his financials to tie the property and let him close on it but somehow keep myself in the deal?

In that case my financing cost is my loss of earnings on the cash while it is tied up.

One for 80% of the purchase price and a second (a "piggyback" loan) for the remaining 20%.

We "could" invest on our own, but we really don't want to tie up our only option in this place, as we wait for something else we have been working on that probably wont be available until next year (in forclosure, most likely).

So, if you find a neighborhood that is 'mostly rentals' expect little to no premium for owner occupancy and values pretty closely tied to income.In parts of the Midwest you will find many such areas.

Peter,US mortgage rates are largely tied to the 10 Year Treasury.

No time for personal things and tied up at work Monday through Friday.

With the strip mall think of how much money you are going to have to tie up in it initially from building it to installing all the utilities to have to come up with the businesses to fill it.