@Charlie ChresSchedule payments as draws with clear cut milestones and acceptance criteria.

All you need to do is bullet point your acomplishments and milestones as a real estate investor.

A good GC can be your project manager and then you could pay disinterested third party in KC a flat fee per project visit to inspect and assess % of completion at scheduled contract milestones for each GC payment and/or permit required inspection.

For example if the property appreciates and you have >20% equity, you could knock off the mortgage insurance with a refi, where the equity can serve in lieu of a down payment.Almost no one goes above any of the milestones without going all the way to the next one, (f. ex 9% down or 18% down... go all the way to 10% or 20%, or stick to the lower tier) since the benefit is so marginal, relative to staying liquid. 

I have a very common milestone, I believe, which is to generate enough passive income to leave my W2 job.

They would do all the heavy lifting and research on the front end we’re you would just do your due diligence and confirm the numbers and ensure they meet their milestones.

I am still in the "education" and "building capital/credit" phase of my journey, but am looking to get an action plan in motion as well to lay the groundwork for a series of tasks, goals, and milestones to eventually achieve financial independence using this method.My girlfriend is also very interested in doing this.

It was a good milestone to cross and it's opened my eyes to how else I can be effective in this industry.

So after diligently saving and investing in stocks for a few year, having both good and bad years, I hit the low 5 figures. a great mile stone for a guy in his late 20's who came from a poor family. 

Not short term...long term...with an actual number with a "$" in front.2 - Work your way backwards (reverse engineer) from step #1 by breaking down Step #1 into smaller mini steps...I like to call them "achievable measurable milestones".3 - Define the financial criteria, as in "how much profit" or  "cash flow" must you get at each of your Milestones.4 - Go find the micro-markets where the property profiles align with each of the different criteria from Step #3...they will be different profiles since the criteria will be different.5 - Decide on the best strategy, or strategies, that will achieve each Milestone.6 - Run a practice/test using actual properties...as if you were doing it for real.7 - Now...do it for real.