Adjusted for inflation, the prices of homes in a desirable location appreciate more than average wages. 

Your Lender My suggestion to find #2 & #4 would be to go to the top of this page and click on AGENTS & LENDERS.

Theres not really a good reason to go out and find buyers if you dont have a deal.

Whether you spend time networking, reading books, watching videos or connecting on bigger pockets or if you spend cash hiring a mentor, maybe partnering up with or doing free intern work for a real estate investor; whichever route you decide to go investing in yourself is one of the best investments you can make. 

Does it come fully furnished and ready to go or do you need to outfit the place?

I desire to connect with individuals who have had experience investing in real estate while serving in the military on active duty.

If you only have one LLC and don’t need entity tracking, you could get a lower subscription and categorize your properties as ‘customers’, then units and tenants would be sub-customers.Simple Start would allow you to invoice your tenants (if desired through QBO) and produce basic reports. 

I think they used to go up to like 80-85% CLTV depending on credit score.

Having to go see a piece and pay for transport makes used less attractive. 

After talking to another family member they said they would be willing to go in on the duplex and offered to pay the $40,000 down payment and help with any repairs but they want to be "partners" or "own" a percentage of the duplex.