If you wanted to fund a portion of the down payment would you suggest a hard money lender, personal loan, etc.?

I personally think it is best to work with local professionals with a good track record. 

I can't just put the LLC's income directly into my joint personal tax return, right?

A person files for and get's whatever from of welfare.

Conducted personal research.

I know this is an old thread.I'd like to get a more recent opinion of these apps.I think the DFD options is very interesting.What we want to do is endorse one of these for our Real Estate Club in Greenville, SC and have a contest for our members to see who can find the most deals with the software.Maybe try and get a rep from the company we choose to come and speak at one of our in person meeting and also negotiate a longer trial window if possible for our members.

I don't personally care about checks anymore so that wasn't an important feature for me. 

The idea of debt-free is that if a person is going to retire and has to completely depend on the income, they don't want a severe recession surprising them and causing them to default on the debt and losing the properties.In a normal world, I would do that as well.

I want to start smart and scale up as I learn the ropes, but I’m personally struggling to narrow down which area to focus on.If you’ve done this before, what advice would you give someone like me?

I was the first person to partner with them.