We have a parking lot in need of paving, and the building will likely need to be re-sided.

This is because RE prices reflect a lot of parameters including anticipated rent growth. 

Very exciting you are looking to get into the RE investing world.Thanks for the interest in Rent To Retirement.

Very exciting you are looking to get into the RE investing world.Thanks for the interest in Rent To Retirement.

Generally, the only widely available pathway into RE investing with low cash is via househacking where you get a primary residence loan with a very low downpayment.

Wholesaling teaches you an extremely valuable skill in RE: How to find off-market deals.

And I also realized that we would have to re-tool our operations, which are 100% specialized to the type of property we have.So you don't have to go bigger, unless you want to.

Since my RE financing investor does the incentive of paying for the property, I want to make sure that my business partner is getting a great ROI in profits, so I want to make sure that money is working for the first investor making a deal with me in the smoothest way possible! 

Build a solid foundation before taking a step up - each and every step of the way.There’s a way to scale recklessly and there is a way to scale safely.When OPM is involved safe is way better than reckless.Despite a life long career in RE, I scaled as followsBought a few duplexes for my own accountBought a fourplex for my own accountBought 12 units as a JV with some friendsSyndicated 43 unitsSyndicated 30 unitsBought another 12 units as a JVSyndicated 281 unitsThis was over a 3 or 4 year period.and so forth - now I am GP in close to 1000 units with $125M AUM.Even with all that, my sweet spot is 30 to 50 unit properties - they work best for my partners and I and more importantly our investors. 

My partner is also very risk adverse and was not really interested at all in RE investing.