I learned what banks to go to and what to not go to.There are many other things that I am sure that I am missing, but it was a wild ride with many tears (literally made a grown @$$ man cry).To end on a good note, the sale made me basically break even with about $1000 extra to pay off some credit card debt that was accumulated.

I have grown in knowledge quite a bit since the original post.

Not only will it be easier, it will give the “outsiders” the idea you’ve grown up in the business (in turn giving you credibility at a young age, which is hard to get).

Since we partnered we have grown 5x in the past year.

Fully grown trees are between 2k and 4k to remove, driveways about 8k to replace, but at least will make your curb appeal much better! 

My understanding and knowledge of real estate has grown tremendously just by spending time on BiggerPockets.

@Baron WheelerI'm also somewhat of a risk averse investor with substantial amount equity in San Francisco Bay Area SFH rental so my portfolio has grown slowly. 

The realm of Subto is not one of mere Real Estate, but it has grown and encompasses whole-of-life concepts to include community inclusiveness, fitness and well-being, social intercourse and branding, vehicle and personal property arbitrage, mindset training, and the list continues to grow every week.

A community that used to live there can no longer afford to be where they've grown up because there were a lot of good "deals" for investors to take advantage of and help our families and bolster our investment portfolio. 

Not a 203K FHA Loan, but got a conventional loan 5% down newly built townhouse in 2017 and house hacked it for a year to essentially bring down my mortgage to levels I paid at my apartment.After doing that for a year and a half, I started investing in OOS rental properties and have quickly grown that to 17 units using Turnkey and BRRRRs.I still think that house hack (if an option) is the best way to get started, create equity, and learn the game.