.), and continue to educate myself on NOI, Cap rate, cash-on -cash return etc.BP community, I am open-minded, willing to take initiative, always willing to be taught something new, but also ready to share any experience or knowledge I have that can help someone else. 

Looking forward to connecting with the BP community and learning from your experiences!

Going through the experience and taking action will add more to your future wealth, then getting stuck in the numbers - CoC or ROI are not set in stone, and they also are just snap shots of what you see today.

Borrower experience: Will you lend to newbies?

They are being offered discounted rent, free gym memberships, free cable, etc.

This is the value of having someone who has local experience.The company you said, if they are some "remote" company, I guess they could provide the things that you need and save money, but I would hesitate to feel confident if they do not have regional experience and that you would be left vulnerable if issues arise with the design later on. 

Does anyone have experience doing this, and know how to go about it?

Best experience is hand on training, and not some workshop making you go back to pay for free information online. 

You can get under 11% if you have some experience and good credit. 

I'm not a lawyer or anything and don't have any experience with the ones I've wrote in the past in court.