making unsecured loans to someone you met on the internet or on BP is foolish to the extreme to even entertain it. 

Hello everyone, With deciding to start in real estate, my main goal is to create enough equity in the properties I obtain to build a house and buy land  (10-12) years down the line.Though the market always changes, I figured with investing into highly appreciating markets now, the properties I buy will accumulate the equity needed to be able to sell in the future which in turn will lead to the income needed to build and buy land. 

Would I need a co-singer for any loan I obtain?

You could also entertain rental arbitrage or co-hosting. 

The result is multiplied by the percentage obtained when dividing the portion of total federal grossincome derived from North Carolina sources, as adjusted, by the total federal gross income,as adjusted.

Houston TX- I obtained all my landlord insurance through Matic, with their partner being State Auto.

Leverage is why RE has historically obtained outstanding returns

You'll be entertained and you will learn a ton.

I'm not a lender but I'm sure once they obtain more information from a buyer & ask the right questions they have a pretty good idea who is qualified and who is not.

I do have a couple of other options that are not attractive and would be "last resort" kinds of plays that I really don't want to entertain.