I am looking to join a mentorship program to help lower my learning curve and until I find it, I am educating myself with books, as well as YouTube University and great advice from the BiggerPockets community.I do work full-time in a career that I love and is very rewarding, but I also know I won't attain my goals with my current job.

Think of vehicles like the cyber truck where you need to sign up ahead of time to pre-order and so many people want it that the value increases shortly after they are released.

Most will have large scale marketing engines where they spend thousands or tens of thousands a month, and operate or license time in call centers.

If you plan to build your own primwry you absolutely want it to be your primary first not investment land first.

I recommend @Ryan Hall, he is the GC I use for every job, and he has exceeded my expectations every time.

Sometimes, buying an existing property can be more cost-effective and less time-consuming and maybe require slightly less permits, etc. 

It helped me avoid wasting time on areas that were too expensive or not a good fit.I also recommend to look for markets with strong, diverse economies and job growth.

Using 50% rule (expenses excluding P&i is 50% of rent) here are the numbers;1800 (rent) - $900 (expenses) - 1468 (heloc) = negative $568/monthAt your rent point with that size unit, your expenses will ve less than depicted by the 50% rule, so let’s use a likely more accurate 40%1800 - 720 (expenses) - 1468 = negative $388/monthNow let’s imagine you self manage and you time is not worth anything (I strongly recommend believing your time is worth less or worth less than a quality PM would charge) with 8% further reduction so expenses are down to 32%1800 - 576 (expenses) - 1468 = negative $244/month. 

Hi Aidan, when you first started you can create your partnership agreement per deal depending on what your end goal is for the property. 

Yearly increasing costs will, in time, eat up any profit they have per unit.