I volunteer and host an online group for our local chapter of the Real Estate Investors Association (REIA).

The site is no longer online.

Every PM operates differently, and at the end of the day, there is tons of information you can navigate on your own in the beginning stages online, but surely there will be PM's that would be more than happy to assist you on journey. 

However, i've never really seen the logic in taking those paths when you can just take the safe and slow approach. 

For a relatively "safe" creative financing, one needs serious reserves (lots of moolah) and the ability to sell or refinance quickly when one of those "hiccups" occur.The gurus usually collect a large fee, from people who have neither money, reserves, nor experience.

I would never form an entity with them when I can do it online with a firm that charges a fraction of what they charge).

One tip is to start looking into meetups to connect with investors / others in the REI game (in person/online).

You can find online mortgage calculators that allow you to play around and see what happens if you do an extra payment or increase your payments.

Tell the lender you want a construction loan online of credit.  

No off-street parking = not worth doing MTR unless it meets all of the following: super urban area where no parking is the norm, highly desirable area with a ton of MTR demand, super safe part of the city, and has great public transportation (think NYC, Hoboken NJ, etc.)Unless it meets all of the criteria above, I pass on those opportunities because my MTR will be eliminating the many people that travel with their vehicles.