Personally, my favorite way of sourcing deals is building relationships with brokers and nurturing those relationships by checking in consistently.

Because personal growth and financial stability sounded like a better combo than Netflix and takeout.

Quite the opposite - I invest my personal money as just one more member, in each investment we end up doing as a club. 

I have about 100k in assets both personal and business I could sell, but part of me thinks that’s extreme and I’ll sell “myself” along the way with all my stuff.  

Quote from @John Fleming: I don't have any personal recommendations, but something below may help you in the search.Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.

Thing is, you need to understand it's going to a difficult way to earn a living.

Whichever direction you go, be sure to work with folks who understand this and gives you the confidence to take reasonable action - I'd personally take an okay investment and weather the storm for a few years that will eventually perform well, and do that each year - rather than take 3 years to wait for the best deal possible.

Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

Spreadsheet sounds like my own personal hell.

When house hacking a duplex, start by estimating the total monthly rent you can earn from the unit you’ll rent out.