Good concept but so much red tape it does keep us little guys out unless the qualified developers are willing to bring us into their deals.

And always check social media for red flags and I agree with Vince, always meet a person.  

A property manager not requiring this raises serious red flags.

Would a home equity loan be a viable option in this situation, especially in regards to eliminating some of the red tape I'm running into with a refinancing an scorp-owned property?

Thats when I saw the $450K asset management fees, even though the fund is $450K in the red.

As Red Green says “We’re pulling for you…”

Biggest red flag, many EXPERIENCED and NEW LOs do is overpromising and under delivering. 

That’s great advice Taz, I’m currently working on saving enough money to get started, house hacking is hard for me at the moment because I just bought a house 2 years ago, I would have to sell my house(which is in a great neighborhood great location) and use that money to fund the duplex which isn’t totally out of the question, I would like to keep the house if possible but also would like to get real estate investing more.

However, employer profit-sharing contributions (up to 25% of W-2 wages) are not subject to FICA taxes and do not appear on the W-2.To stay IRS-compliant, ensure your Form W-2 and Form 941 properly reflect deferrals, and maintain a reasonable salary to avoid red flags.

Please note i did not invest with them, but wanted to mention that as there are names out there when mentioned its an automatic red flag.