Do it yourself, learn as much as you can, seek out a grey hair mentor who will advise you for a cup of coffee.  

i want to hear about it all. investors only tell me about the good stuff, i would also like to hear the bad. i know how it goes, not everything is black & white. investors only talk to you when they have good news, brag, or they want something from you. i like to find others to talk to once a week at least. need the motivation/accountability. i like to talk about real estate because it’s interesting.

My returns also got a bit too complicated with niche REI stuff for the great tax guy I used for many years and still does my parents and sisters taxes.They handle other REI guys and attend some REIA groups I went to and knew about bonus depreciation, K1, cost segs, schedule E and HELOC junk used for investing and private lending.

Because I'm in the area and know the stuff that drew has done and he's done far worse than what the OP is talking about. 😆 

@Kenneth Soles  I have done this too many times to count.and after all the years of dealing with folks that lost their home be it tax foreclosure ( very very rare on the west coast by the way)  or Trustee or Sherrifs sale ( most common).Rent back can work but usually turns into an eviction shortly .Sell it back is another pipe dream.. unless your willing to owner finance it.. then you have the dodd frank stuff if you want to be letter of the law compliant.

There are some ideas I've been toying with that work for 1-4 units, but not sure how it'll translate to larger stuff. 

Good stuff @Jeff Roth - we all love that inflation induced debt destruction!

@Mason Hickman- valid points, wife loves doing the decretive fancy stuff, so that’s my plan for now.

Oh, no, better one, bring my hair back! 

here is my reply to this about Kris Krohn, for me I don't like many of them charging money for stuff, but when I can call or Text Kris about my deals and he answers thats big to me.