Another thing Scott W, is that I am not very keen on income taxes.

I've read that this is the most effective way to go until you grow much larger, where another entity makes more sense than more coverage.Your legal structure will be a partnership if you are "going into business with mother" I'm not too keen on the legalities of a partnership though.

Hello, I am keen on making real estate investing my career.

I doubt a private money lender would be keen on lending a large sum of money to a newbie.

If you are keen to get very involved in the development, perhaps you could strike a joint venture deal with a local builder? 

I have a very wealthy investor who's keen on investing in me.

I am keen on leveraging on that benefit without using any of my personal money.Now I have been reading a fair bit in the forums and the lean is to start simple and not over complicate your business.

I have two properties in Greater London, UK by accident and keen to do more.Most of the podcasts and forums here talk about 1% or 2% rule.

For right now we're focusing on vacuuming up as much knowledge as possible and trying to get a keen sense of the local market.

From listening in to the podcasts I am keen to learn more on alternative financing and putting together groups of investors in deals, probably buy and hold, as have only used straight bank finance really here, apart from a couple of friends loans for deposits in the early days.