I am not sure what type of real estate investing you're considering, but it sounds like, with your family and busy job, you won't have a lot of time to be hands-on or personally involved. 

Caution:  Personal credit card financing is a huge risk and good luck finding 0 percent interest today.

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This is advantageous bc later you have a third party loan (not your personal money) so seasoning period is 90 days to DSCR out. 

I have my own leads (name of decedent, physical address of property, personal representative for the estate, Their physical address.

Just paper your file accordingly and move on..

While we were onboarding the property to the system and trying to figure out the automated sprinklers, he was out there every day watering the lawn by hand, stopping the buck and taking personal responsibility. 

Consider doing this personally or using an LLC.

I've done enough personal home projects to know, if I find a deck company it'll be 2k, but a GC will charge me 2.5k to over see it...

What are the usual lending parameters for a person getting there first property with roughly a 700-730 Credit Score and trying to secure a home 200k or under?