@Greg Kurzner Thank you for speaking highly of me.

This is a fine needle to thread because at this size, you very quickly start competing with high net worth individuals who are seeking summer homes. 

While I don't object to spending money to do one's due diligence, I don't know if $500 is called for when you can get very high quality syndication groups/meetups/information for free.

We don't pay vendors by credit card or cashapp because it is far too hard to keep the accounting straight with a high volume of transactions to do that. 

I would highly recommend looking into syndications!

While you certainly can (subject to the contribution limits), your ability to make deductible contributions to an IRA is limited if your AGI is too high.

And therein lies the risk of high-leverage.  

It's very difficult to get SFR to cash flow these days with interest rates as high as they are.

These rates can get very high, but access to more lending unsecured if needed. 

Quote from @Jed Butikofer: Unfortunately, it takes money to make money.With high prices and high mortgage rates, cash flow is difficult to find and we may not see a return to the 2018 market for a while.