Starting with something near your market that you know the area, can drive by the property and meet people in person will get you more comfortable with the risk of owning property. 

U need to flip the return  75% to the money and 25% to you if have any hope of finding someone to do this that is not friends and family.. 10 to 15% is way to little for the risk of being a gap funder.. if the project does not work gap funder is the one who loses money..

Meaning that if you fund a $5K EMD and then decide not to close you lose the EMD, or you pay for an inspection up front and risk missing out on the deal while you're waiting for the report.

To me the most frequent issue I see in posts and discussions is not discussing how to scale and also Risk adjusted returns.  

Class D risks > Class C > Class B > Class A, but how many investors even know what those risks are, let alone know how to account for them in their ROI calculations?

If it concerns you that much, adjust the purchase price to take into account this added risk. 

But unless you have nothing you do risk losing what you have. 

It’s taken me 5 years to get here and it was worth every second of effort, pain, fear, and risk.

Oil and gas wouldn't be what it is without the government taking on much of the risk through the intangible drilling costs tax credit, and the depletion allowance act deductions, and literally hundreds of other tax benefits, loopholes and direct subsidies plus the fact they have access to public land to be drilled for pennies on the dollar, and the government cleans it up once they're done. 

@Emeka Okeke, while it can be debated, in my opinion, by far, one of the more simplistic ways to take action and learn the ropes of real estate investing, all while mitigating risk, is to house hack your first deal.