Rent out whatever rooms you can in your primary residence and manage your roommates/tenants yourself.

FWIW there's locations here in CA where you can (in person) get fake DL, SS card, I9 cert, smog cert etc.

A few thoughts:1) I echo @Simon Ashbaugh recommendations. 2) I'd recommend talking with investment focused real estate agents and finding one that understands the area your interested in.  3) Get a investment analysis spreadsheet or use the Bigger Pockets Calculators to run numbers on as many properties as you can in your area (try to run calculations on 3-5 buildings per week) to figure out what's a good deal.

Keep this ***** growing, you'll stay busy and you'll own some of the best stuff you can in that monetary range.

Keep posting on BP and network with as many people as you can in your area and you'll learn a ton. 

He still asks you for a small fee to make sure that you're a serious buyer and that you're gonna buy his offerings so he can get his fat commissions.

Look, technically speaking Ken isn't wrong, one "can", in theory, use FUNERALS as a source for off-market deals, right.

I need to withdraw as much as I can in next 2 years within my tax bracket. 

Come on mate, I’ve been in this game for way too long and I’ve seen the manipulation that goes on with many turnkey companies offering finance over the last 10 yearsAnd let’s not even get into the turnkey marketing sales companies pushing as many houses via financing just to get a fat commission on every property soldNot giving two dimes if an investor is solvent, and if they can afford it… 

You can in fact use the rents to qualify to help get a higher purchase price approved.You are smart to be cautious because it will cost you money to start the mortgage process, pay for an appraisal, inspection etc.