Not a bad way to go if your relative can wait a couple months to get their money back.Stephanie

Invest where it makes sense and don't buy real estate expecting to give your relatives more stuff to do.

This means that your monthly payment will be higher than with a typical 30 year residential loan.In lieu of owning these properties yourself, maybe you could cut yourself in on getting them sold for your relative.  

It's not just the quality of properties that make a neighborhood good or bad, it's the quality of the people who live and hang out there.That's why you or someone you trust needs to go there and get a feel for it, whether it's your Realtor, your relatives or whoever.

It sounds like your relatives thought they were doing you a big favor, where you could make money on it as an STR. 

MUCH more affordable than installing ducted systems and would probably be a good, cost effective strategy for your relatively small cabin.

This can be both protection to you and your relative holding the property if there will be jealousy involved as you won't personally be identifiable so there won't be family "drama".  

If you don't do this, there will be a lawsuit and your relatives won't be your friend anymore.4. 

However, the downpayment amount is higher.So there are certainly options here for your relative depending on what he/she is doing, can qualify for, etc. 

You don't have enough money to purchase a property that large and being a partner in that size deal is impressive when you tell all your relatives and friends.Here is the problem with being only a limited partner in that 100-unit property.