Christian Osgood explains how to find down-payment money when family and friends can't help: identify local property investors in your target area and pitch them the deal as a partnership opportunity. Investors are always looking for returns in their market.
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What do you do if you're trying to come up with your down payment money and you've explored all your options that you can think of, like immediate family, friends?
Find more options. If you've gone through all the options you've thought of, go through the options other people— go through the options that other people have thought of. Anyone can do the thing. Like, there's, there's always someone who wants to make money in the same market that you're investing in. You can look at the people who own down the street. That'd be a good start. Who already has invested in this area? Let's get them on the phone. Let's say, hey, I just got this deal under contract. I'm super excited about it. Problem, don't quite have the capital here. Would you take a look at this deal with me? It's not uncommon for them to do that. But yeah, my answer would be, if you've exhausted all your options, find more options. There are definitely people who have money who want to make money on a deal in your area.