As @JonathanGreene said, tech has created an environment that allows folks like you Jon, to enjoy investing on your terms so that you do not put all of your eggs into one basket (so-to-speak).

The reality is you have to pay for services like this and be prepared to eat the cost if the deal doesn't pan out.

We have a strict budget in place and will be saving ~$4-5k a month once debt is paid off, but do not an investible nest egg yet.

Lots of areas that pencil very well on paper but the quality of renter you will get is going to eat into any profit you may think you are getting.

So after long term cap gains tax eats about $20k.

Definitely the chicken and the egg problem.

I want to try and offset as much cost as possible without compromising quality so I’m looking for a GC mentor who could help me eat, breathe, sleep and wake GC lol.

Our team will be eating duck, goose and a lot of eggs. 

(Have your Cake and eat it too!)

And I did not use a MLO/LMLO who would eat 1% to 1.5% of the selling amount.