As you network, grow that list and setup 1x1s to see where you may add value to them and where that person may add value to you.4) Develop a thought leadership platform to grow your credibility @Jillian Sidoti highlights a few ideas but it's really endless. 

Hi @James Letchford,One common way to do this is to "season the funds," which is vaguely sneaky, I'm not at all clear that this is on the up-and-up, and there are endless threads that talk about "seasoning funds" that you can read, so I'll leave that alone.The way I personally would suggest structuring this, so that it is clearly and unambiguously on the up-and-up, and furthermore that you wouldn't have to wait 2-3 months to "season funds" (by which point the property you had in mind has already sold to someone else, anyways), is as follows....- Pick another property you own.- Have your LLC buddy be a private mortgage lender.- Secure the funds by that other real estate.- Boom, that's your down payment funds, you're into it 100% OPM and 0% money out of your pocket.- ???

Thank you Steven, yes I would totally agree with you there, it could turn into endless opportunity.  

Evicted 4 tenants and looks like endless repairing.... 

It has everything you need from free online videos and educational courses to having the ability to post blogs and connect with other investors, the possibilities are endless!

I control how much I use, so there are endless options to both leverage my own equity and control expenses on debt service.  

So the possibilities are endless!

I'm brand new to REI but have spent the last 3-4 months doing nothing but research, reading BP books and watching endless videos on youtube.

My market (Denver) is too high of an entry point for my liking, I would like a market I can pay cash for a property, looking about $150-175k max entry on purchase not including rehab.I have been endlessly researching out of state markets and repeatedly find the same markets popping up. 

So, here we are...I am a runner, an ultra runner, with a (hopefully) promising future in the sport.