Most investors have the ability to raise capital, the vision to flip properties, and the ability to manage their rehab crew.

Congrats on having the vision and the savings at your age!  

To the start-up company, giving up equity can be unappealing especially if the entrepreneur has a vision of the company growing exponentially.

When you make the decision that you will only rely on institutional financing, you decide that you want to live a life of mediocrity and that you will be controlled by others decisions of what is right for them regardless of of illogical that is.When you make the decision that you will work to find private lenders who share your vision and want to help you realize it, you will find more than enough money to satisfy your needs.

I realize this question is only peripherally related to real estate.  

Called up my architect and let him know that he has another job bringing my vision to life.

My vision is to create a highly successful real estate empire - comprised of both flipping and vacation rentals.

My vision is to develop a franchise that will generate enough cash flow to cover my living expenses and allow me to invest in real estate as I build out my passive portfolio.

My goal is to be able to live a comfortable life style and retirement plans for our future together is there anything I can do to make her better understand my vision for us.

Looking for a reason in some hope to solve that reason tends to be vision of many new folks.