There are tons of really smart people who are generous sharing their knowledge here, so be sure to network.Best wishes for much success in your endeavors!

Attempting a DIY approach without being deeply entrenched in the profession is a challenging endeavor.

It's like having free mentoring embedded in your financial team, as they share insights from working with individuals both earlier and farther along in their real estate endeavors.

It sounds like there's a relationship that exists outside of your interest in pursuing this real estate investment endeavor and I am concerned the desire to collaborate with all parties mentioned is taking priority over whether the foursome can collaborate to everyone's benefit.

Wishing you the best in your future real estate endeavors. 

I'm assuming that's some of the worst it got on your real estate endeavors? 

It seems that I can't go the conventional loan route under my personal name because I have no W2 income since I was self employed for the last 10 years and I have been transitioning out of those business endeavors for the last 2 years therefore I have no real income to show.

Real estate is never a passive endeavor but you can make it more so than what you have now for sure.  

Investing for retirement is meant to be a long-term endeavor as someone else already mentioned.

But there's going to be exponential stress and time you want to have the portion to these endeavors because you have to build strong relationships, and your effectively probably have to do this 80 to 100% of your waking Work hours.I think for starters your foundational goal should be to just get started.