Certainly I need to talk to local lenders but I'm in a forced holding pattern at the moment so just trying to think ahead on what would be more beneficial. 

My goal now is to get as much advise as I can and hopefully gain some contacts to start some mutually beneficial relationships in the industry and to help me decide what is the best strategy for my particular situation before I dive into learning as much as possible about those areas.

Not sure if this would be the exact section to put this so sorry ahead of time if it isn't.I was hoping to discuss the idea of making an additional principal only payment on my mortgage every month. I currently have a...

Specifically the option of getting a 30 year fixed rate mortgage is very beneficial. 

So you may want to double check on that one.Lease options done right can be beneficial to everyone involved and can be really lucrative.

The entire concept is that by investing differently and into something you understand, you can get better results than by leaving 100% of the savings in a handful of mutual funds.There is a lot of good information here on the forums, as well as several providers of such plans who actively participate.

If they fail to fit your requirements, you will move on to someone else who can meet your expectations.As long as there is mutual communication, your friendship should be preserved.

I’m working the creative real estate strategies and I am looking to connect with active wholesalers for collaboration with mutual benefit.

There are hedge funds that accept smaller investment minimums but I am a bit skeptical of them.All of this is of course in addition to regular old investments like mutual funds.

I started to play around with it and it looks like it has some good feature that would be beneficial for real estate investing.I like using the timelapse.