This can provide more lucrative opportunities by allowing you to take advantage of lower closing and holding costs while keeping much or all of your money out of the deal.Every investor starts somewhere.

But joining a good Mentor and Networking group can be advantageous if you are missing any of the needed components. 

2nd property, I think I'm leaning towards not partnering as the conventional loan interest advantage doesn't seem worth splitting all the profits.

Specifically, I’m curious about the following:2/2 vs. 3/2 properties: Are there significant advantages to offering a 2/2?

If he makes less 94K a year and married he can take advantage of zero tax rate which would come into play. 

Taking advantage of this investor friendly window would be worth it!

God knows what they think those hand-scrawled letters saying how they're innocuous ma-and-pa investors and day-glo signs on the public right-of-way are supposed to convince people of.However, the lack of disclosure and taking advantage of some owners really kinda goes against the grain on the Realtor Code of Ethics doesn't it?

How to take advantage of tax benefits?

Here are a few suggestions on how you can maximize the wealth of information available: Check out the blogs and podcasts, or take advantage of the search feature (magnifying glass).

That gives you a great advantage to the lending investors are getting here in the states with the much lower interest rates.