Unfortunately, a lot of people jump into 2nds initially because they are newer investors and don't have a lot of capital to work with.

Start your real estate journey with house hacking, exploring medium-term rentals, and flipping for capital.

Had to close with hard money on a 6 month note from Easy Street Capital.

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer. 

Had to close with hard money on a 6 month note from Easy Street Capital.

Is Free and 100% network no sales you network you do the sale by either asking for capital or bringing your deal to be sold. 

Then you can put the 100k in there, and its treated as putting money towards that business (working capital) and no one needs to pay tax on that movement of money alone (though there are tax implications later down the line).

I would be providing the capital.

But never give up at EMD, or make sure you have a buckets specifically labeled for Capital-EMD or whatnot. 

Depreciation helps offset this, but be aware of potential capital gains tax if you sell the property in the future and depreciation is recaptured.