@Aristotle Kumpis Lots of similar posts to yours where investors are seeking advice on how to buy real estate with little or no money.

My advice without even hesitating, I wouldn't rent anything that doesn't cash flow and provide a good cash-on-cash return out the gate.

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Read carefully any PPM for any of these syndications and identify how many times the SEC demands the following disclosures: 1) you can lose all your money 2) there are uncontrolled risks 3) there are no guarantees 4) the numbers are all hypothetical 5) the syndicator will use leverage 6) the market usually fluctuates 7) the SEC does NOT have a copy of the PPM 8) the SEC neither read nor approved the PPM 9) the SEC does not vet the syndicator 10) the offering is not registered with the SEC 11) there are conflict of interests 12) the SEC encourages you to seek professional advice Etc etc The game of real estate is based usually on investing in your own back yard and getting some reasonable leverage and if things go against you, then decide if they are issues related to the market cycles and you can hold on till the market shifts and recovers or you should just dump the project at a loss and pay off your loan.

What would people recommend I pursue, commercial or residential broker? 
Context: I just moved to Portland, OR and finally decided to pivot careers from healthcare into real estate. I am halfway through licensing.  I...

Thanks to all of you for your encouragement and advice. 

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Would love some advice

Certainly take advice from people who have done it before but their way isn’t the only way. 

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