Lots of other services are included at no cost (advice, doc review, debt collection letters, etc). 

While I have a general understanding of what it takes to set up a fund, I’d love to tap into the collective wisdom here.

Get the right team and you will only have to worry about paying bills and collecting cash flow.   

With a 9-5 job too busy to catch a breather, being that it will be my first rental property would you recommend finding a property management company to oversee the investment property OR create a profile on a property management platform, I am thinking about Avail unless there is a better platform, to collect rent and hire specialist as issues arise from tenants?

The husband had a good paying job that had a slow season where he would collect unemployment a few months per year.

Grateful for the collective wisdom here!

You can collect rent, do your banking (unlimited virtual accounts), and do your accounting.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Brokers and attorneys often prioritize closing deals quickly to collect their fees and move on, which doesn’t always align with your goals.

Actually the IRS does not tell us what we can invest in, only what is disallowed (life insurance contracts and collectibles).Allowable investments for SDIRA investing include the following:Residential real estate, including: apartments, single family homes, and duplexesCommercial real estate Undeveloped or raw landREITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts)Real estate notes (mortgages and deeds of trusts)Promissory notes Private limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and C corporationsTax lien certificatesOil and gas investmentsPrivate stock offerings, private placementsJudgments/structured settlementsGold bullion Factoring investments