While there are definitely benefits to running a fund, it's tough to achieve success with funds as a beginner because oftentimes investors are attracted to the track record of the person or team running the fund. 

Wondering who does horizontal lending on something like that?

I'm more so wondering what makes the most sense as I do want to treat my investing journey as a business.Thank you in advance for your advice!  

We are considering becoming a private lender with them and I am doing some background research on him and his companies and wondering if anyone has done any deals with them.

We own both here and it's definitely cheaper for us to pay the HOA dues. 2.

Definitely online via property management software!

Thank you bigger pockets for all the wonderful information you guys make available to people.

With that in mind, I’ve decided to focus first on finding a distressed SFH that I can add value to, live in for a few years, and keep as part of my long-term portfolio.I like your suggestion about building the “core 4” team—agent, lender, contractor, and property manager—and will definitely prioritize that as I move forward.

I’ve definitely been stuck in analysis paralysis, now I feel I really need to make up my mind and target purchasing my first OOS property in the next few months.

At a certain point it becomes a lot of work but you can outsource a lot of the work by hiring VAs which is way cheaper than a management co (definitely not as hands off though)