Thats pretty personal to each investor. 

Personally, I would keep the deposit out of the conversation.

"I would have never suspected giving somebody who has no money and no experience to buy real estate would not get returned"Clearly Chris Knows giving money to such a person is stupid.

Use some for buy and hold (I personally would prefer apartments rather than buying a few single family homes) and some for lending/trust deed investing.In either category, you must know what you are doing, know how to vet the investment, how to vet the sponsor (if investing in a larger fund of some sort), the laws and regulations on the lending side, how to investigate which areas to invest in buy and hold and notes/trust deeds for that matter.So as you have already said several times, lots to think about . . . 

if you are getting just started, i would just use your personal name and get the freddie/fannie 30 yr fixed loans. gives you way better cashflows up front which allows you to grow faster in the beginning. 

Eventually the PM could no longer reach the code enforcement person and everything just went to VM.

Real Estate CRM software stores organized data about leads and customers, such as personal information, communication, and purchase history.

Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

What is the per person screening running? 

My personal opinion is that rates will go down slightly with the recent rate drop and stay there until around March 2025.