There is no shortage of private equity offerings, and the aforementioned vehicles. 

Leveraging a HELOC (home equity line of credit) could allow you to invest in multifamily without completely draining your savings.

The reality is stocks are NOT "investing", there savings accounts with super charged interest earning potential, that comes with the risk of going to 0.  

Im not really sure how to save this deal...

They tried to save money by filing themselves but ran into procedural issues that ultimately delayed the process by weeks.

Does anyone have any strategies on how to a position a partnership with a private lender in order to start to obtain a Rental portfolio (with no out of pocket capital)

I generally prefer higher since I don’t plan on putting in small claims, it’s basically just for catastrophic loses and the savings in premiums over multpiple properties for multiple years should balance that out if I have ever have to use the insurance.

FROM CASH I SAVED UP FROM FLIPPING HOUSES How did you add value to the deal?

Do that for six months while you save more before making a decision on what to do, especially on doing it out-of-state.

Building a relationship with local real estate attorneys or agents specializing in STRs in the area can save you headaches down the line.