Start anywhere—offer to assist, intern, whatever it takes—and absorb as much knowledge as you can.

Some rehab loans offer 90% of the purchase price and 100% of the rehab costs.

There were people out and about smiling and offering free food to other residents.Through the ups and downs, we continue to believe in the project and the area.

LLC "A" has a commercial property, no loan/debt, with a 15 year NNN left on it valued at 5-6 Million (recently a broker offered us this if we were interestd in selling).

Maybe they are offering financing because no traditional lender will lend on the building. 

(With invested capital, this matters, plenty of people are worth "taking a shot on" in other capacities, just not with respect to managing my money).2) "Is this investment where I'm giving you money the top priority in your professional life?" 

I can make offers that would cause the 1% rule to hold, but these would often be at around 60% of asking price or market value.

From a tax perspective, rental properties offer benefits such as depreciation deductions, 1031 exchanges, and potential short-term rental (STR) tax loopholes to offset W-2 income.

One in year 2, and another in year 5...I was unsure of what to do so I created this offer Who did you have check your underwriting?

The area around Nice isn't the best area to invest (although you might get some nice capital gains there) but here are plenty of areas that are great and where you can get much higher returns than you generally get in the US.