I know of one syndication company (not multifamily) that the founder was a pilot, and from what I have heard, a lot of the early investors were airline captains the founder flew with.

Question• Has anyone formed an llc to start and fund their 1st real estate purchase using a SBA loan?

Who are a few great companies I could speak with that have turn-key properties available?

Keep in mind banks still pool forclosed assets together and sell them all together as a group to one company.  

Maintenance at at PM company or one of the big hedge owners like AH4R, leasing at apartment complex will teach you a lot about applications, fraud, leases, collections, evictions. 

I'm not going to through out names, but there are companies that only take $500 at closing from an agent. 

I'm really busy with my w2 job working all the time to fund my investments. 

I am not sure how active his company Open Door is on BP.

Then, I spoke with several acquisition managers with very limited knowledge on how to evaluate a deal but this time, the company they were working for was sued by multiple homeowners for fraud.

I have funds to invest just trying to figure out the best place to invest.