But if you are looking for 1-4 units residential purchased by an individual then PS is a great place to find a list, skipt trace then cold call or text. 

Personally knowing the founder of BP, Josh Dorkin and the current CEO, Scott Trench, I can tell you that their intent in starting and growing the bigger pockets community is to encourage investors of all experience levels to share their experience and network with like minded individuals. 

You can purchase it as individuals or through an entity, like an LLC.  

I have seen individuals take a lien in the secondary position to decrease that downpayment, but you would most likely need to use a good lender who would be comfortable with and allow a secondary.   

Hello BP Community,I’m new to the platform and eager to connect with like-minded individuals who share a passion for real estate investing.

However, there's an obvious loophole to the claim because if you buy a house for 999K and then the value goes over 1 million then technically you're one of the 90% that just became a millionaire through real estate :) REIT investing is a much less active way of investing into the 11 major real estate sub-sectors, in the US we have 274 listed REITs on the major exchanges of NYSE and NASDAQ, and about 75-80 of them are not equity REITs but rather mortgage REITs, which I like to park cash in when 10yr yields are trending down to give me capital appreciation plus 14-15% dividend yields. check out alreits | Global REIT Researchto do more thorough individual research.

And individual deals.  

I’ve been around real estate for decades, and I read in The Economist once that in lively markets like Charlotte, folks will pay a premium for a comfortable room if you’re near major employers.A friend of mine tried something similar out in Austin a while back.. he’d inherited a 4-bedroom property and split it into individual room rentals.

I would not rent to this individual. 

As a newcomer to this community, I'm excited to learn, grow, and collaborate with like-minded individuals.