But an equity position is not recommended unless they own the dirt or bring some other kind of value. 

The position can also always be hedged so investor doesn’t really lost a value while we receive the cash flow. 

But it’ll be harder to find properties that cash flow positively on day one with a 20% down payment in the best locations, which is what a lot of remote investors are after.

My current salary supports my family comfortably (given that we live well below our means).

Any insight, positive or negative, would be immensely helpful.

Well there's a reason they screen their borrowers, secure their loans with a first position trust deed/mortgage and charge a small fortune to make such a loan.

Also the tips on how to navigate banks and getting routed in the right department for this type of query.In a different post I saw another suggestion to engage any bank one is working with that has 1st position on the mortgages in the portfolio.

Rise up the ranks to a c suite position.  

I’ve personally just closed on my 4th in 3 years and even just the two I bought last year have netted me a starting engineer salary 👀!  

But really it's about knowing the right furnishings, photos and listing description/headline to best position yourself.