Hello, I am starting out to 'officially' attaining my first investment property in 2019.

I am starting out to 'officially' attaining my first investment property. 

I may have an opportunity to attain a commercial pilot's licence at a fraction of the normal cost (It would still cost me everything I've saved) by learning from a friend in Texas.

Using very attainable #s, like projected rent, projected vacancy, etc. will go a long ways with insuring you make solid decisions.      

I have done this and it does make the mortgage attainment easy as they rely on the JV partner.

It certainly is cheaper, and easier to attain property, but there are a lot more things to consider. 

We can get another loan for our next property and be able to potentially only put down 3-5%....but, was hoping to purchase a fixer upper that we could build some sweat equity into so that our goals for investing could still remain attainable.

I’m trying to be realistic and figure 2-3 flips in that period is attainable. 

Those goals you have mentioned are very attainable on this site.

I've since realized that financial independence may be attainable through real estate investing and I'm currently learning as much as I can while putting together a strategy forward towards my goals.