I'd be up for a decent rate hard money loan on the first stage of a brrrr, but will need to be able to qualify for traditional financing for the long haul, flipping doesn't really interest me with all else I have going on.

Cleaning, decluttering, and staging will help tremendously.

Compare to the stock market and bitcoin, housing market is not at the stage of crazy yet like stocks and bitcoin.

Hi All - I am in the early stages of my investment education (lots of reading, researching, etc,) and am trying to reconcile what I have read/heard with the reality of my local market.

Hope to be at that stage in the near future.

It would depend.We would have to set up a partnership arrangement.

This is not a common approach for acquiring a martial home and you should consult with an attorney on the pros and cons of such an arrangement and whether it would be deemed subservient to marital property law.Sounds like you may have other questions beyond the house ... if you are already looking for an exit strategy now.

If it's not at the lien stage than title may not pick it up. 

How could I best structure this type of arrangement?

I think the ideal arrangement would be to have one lawyer who does the annual checkup and who can refer you to a specialist when you need one.