New agents may struggle with periods of no income while waiting for deals to close.Solution: Budget wisely, build a financial cushion, and prepare for slow months.

Most of our newer investors approach 2-3 lenders to discuss loan options.Some lenders recommend making your financing inquiries within a 45-day time period to avoid larger drops in your credit scores.All the best!

unfortunately, I think you are right - it's a difficult market for investors, period. 

I want to create a fund that will allow me to purchase distressed homes, fix them up, and sell with owner financing (possibly including a 5 year balloon so as to be able to recapitalize periodically and give investors a shorter horizon).

Usually there's a lockup period (often three years) in note funds, so you can't use that cash to do direct note investing.  

During this 24-month period, the property must be rented to another person at a fair market rental value.After the 24 month period your sibling could convert it into a primary residence.

The only issue I've had is a small period where the laundry pods would always be empty at turnover. 

Your LOC at 4% over 10 year am. period is $101/mo payment. 3.

@Ethan Borshansky, There was a brief period of time in the early 2000s when this type of "leasehold exchange" as described above was fairly common. 

That's just life.We had a situation where one tenant had been living at our property for years with several other tenants below them over that time period.