We specialize in window replacement, custom entry door systems, and garage doors, as well as several other servicing needs for interior and exterior work. 

This would be ideal on a duplex, triplex or quad so you can live in one of the units while the others are rented. 

Once you find a house that you believe would be a good rental, meaning desirable to your target market of customers (people within a couple of mile radius of the place), and all of the costs of monthly ownership that you can accurately project fall below the rental amounts that you project that you can get from your target customers, then you have a possible business asset that you can use to produce income, and have renters pay down the mortgage, while hopefully it goes up in value at least with the rest of the economy. 

I know this is not ideal but I am sure there is a way to manage it especially If I can house hack a multi family building.I am also open to any meetups in the STL area since that is my local market.

Legal documents and customs are tricky in a native language let alone a foreign one.

The rate might not be ideal, but securing the property now is crucial—you can always refinance later for better terms.

there is a ton to being a GP syndicator raising 3 to 5 mil 50k at a time.. you now have 100 partners and the amount of oversight  customer care and Risk in my mind has to be considered compared to what you do now which is build sell and make nice bucks without being beholding to anyone but your construction lender. ??

When proposing a deal to potential investors, how many investors is ideal to say fund a $500,000 duplex intended for buy and hold? 

Ideally something that is on web/app that'll allow me to keep track of different items come tax time. 

If you want to run a charity by all means run a charity but don't speak such insanity that letting customers STEAL is ok, it's not.