Jon started buying real estate with no money down by partnering with a funding source who provided capital while he handled acquisition and admin work. He then brought a second buyer into deals, combining their resources so everyone got ownership stakes without putting cash in. His effort earned him equity.
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Buying zero down, what methods have been working for you guys? I did single families first, and I did it with my own cash, and I was like, okay, 100% return is cool. What's cooler is infinite return, right? Literally like no money into the deal. And I cracked that with the first part when I found somebody first and said, how do I buy a thing with you? We came to some rough equity terms on that one, and then we got to close. It was with their funding. And then I brought another person who was in a similar situation with, hey, I want to go buy stuff with you, what is it you're looking for? I just brought them together. So instead of having two separate deals, I just had them join forces, and then that was that first deal. So I was into deal for zero money because I did all the acquisition work on it, and then I stayed on. I did some of like the backend administrative work on it as well. So