Actually, I just pretending to be an Investor?

The only method I trust to do this is to pretend I'm a tenant and look at all the places they would look for similar properties.

I always suggest people getting into real estate investing that have money, pretend they don't.  

Same as residential, pretend you're starting a business or shop and need some space.

I would ask for a referral or call on homes that are for sale and see how the agent responds when you pretend to be a buyer.The 1st and only agent I have used to sell a house, I was driving around, called on a house for sale, and a Black female agent answer and shes was on fire, she had good vibs.  

Hello, everyone I'm from Wilmington, Delaware and I've been listening to most of the podcasts (I'm not going to pretend like I heard all of therm lol.)

I had to use one of mine to process and pretend to be him.

So in summary, you are thinking to do A) do something that isn't fun in order to leverage that into real estate investing, or B) throw in the towel, buy a new debt, and pretend that you'll one day be an investor.If those are the basic options you're considering, go with B.

.$70,000 out of pocket v $12,250 out of pocket (let's pretend closing costs are identical, so only the down payment changes).What is the cost of keeping that $57,750 in your pocket? 

As for Trusts, if you went the land trust route you're unlikely to have the kind of control you're wanting or the kinds of benefits you're envisioning, as you would need a Trustee that isn't one of the LLC stakeholders, and you wouldn't have very much control over the management of the land.Generally speaking, a Judge isn't going to smile and say, "Oh yeah, he totally renamed himself Joe Smith LLC Un, Joe Smith LLC, deux, Joe Smith LLC trois" and pretend these aren't all the same owner for the purposes of FHA.