You may be able to transfer the land and ask the seller to carry a 2nd lien position on the property, but the land would still transfer into your name at closing. 

I’d be the guy that wants to help but ends up just carrying stuff to the trash or grabbing lunch. :-)

Multifamily is about tenants not fixing a single item in their unit while single family homes typically carry more pride of ownership and potential for the tenant to take care of their own routine maintenance.

That carries weight — as it should.

You do that by:1) Buying UNDER market value => ARV minus (repairs + cost of your time + carry costs + risk)2) Renovating for LESS than what an average contractor would chargeIf you're not up to the challenge of a BRRR, turnkey new construction is probably a better option. 

Wire fraud CARRIES A PENALTY OF UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON AND A FINE OF UP TO $250,000, while filing a FALSE TAX RETURN CARRIES A PENALTY OF UP TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON AND A FINE UP TO $100,000. 

The syndicator raising capital from a base of 100 investors and getting compensated with “carry”, that’s more a business model.  

•Seller-Carry or Note Hypothecation: If you have other paid-off properties, you could hypothecate those notes or equity to raise funds without selling.

proper was good 5-7 years ago when there weren't  many options. now a lot of carriers, many of the ones mentioned above, carry  policies for STRs

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