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

Was that person me or another person as that sounds like something I have been telling people? 

Real-life reps, to me, means seeing properties in person, whatever your asset class. 

An LLC shields personal assets from business liabilities, while S-Corp taxation allows you to reduce self-employment taxes by taking a reasonable salary and distributing remaining profits as distributions, which aren’t subject to payroll taxes.

In my personal experiences a lot of structural items start with bad drainage.

In my opinion, an in person meetup > an online connection.You may want to consider making a connection here and meeting up for coffee or attending a real estate networking event.Best of luck!

Personally if you are looking to grow in real estate going the traditional method/way of getting good properties under agreement with traditional financing will get you to where you want to go faster than trying to find all the needles in a haystack.

I spoke with the one I suspected forgetting to turn off the stove but the person did not confirm.

I also have personal W2 income, if that matters.Is there a loan out there for a set-up like this at 15% down? 

I've only had one person look at my home.