I even created my first LLC to start the fix and flip business, funding it with enough skin in the game, elsewhere hoping to use OPM rather than my own capital to fund these projects as it has been difficult finding a lender who is comfortable with loaning to me solely without an LLC.My goal has always been to match my W2 income and eventually double it and more so I can work as a hobby rather than relying on it to live.

You having no skin in the game would make them additionally wary.

Lots of different ways to skin it.Most of the time when we look to buy real estate we are trying to come out of pocket as little as possible....so then we can go buy MORE real estate! 

Each to their own mate,Personally, I would never touch new construction.But there many ways to skin a cat, right?

The Fair Housing Act is what applies to privately owned property (with the exceptions Bruce listed above) and it forbids discrimination against prospective tenants because of their disability as well as race, religion, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), skin color, familial status, and national origin. 

There are a million other ways to skin the cat, and I would be more than happy to discuss those over a coffee or a beer when you get here to the 757.

Personally, I have very thick skin so I'd take her attitude for a lot less than $300/month. 

I would beg to differ in that the 50% rule isn't solid but there is more than one way to skin a cat.  

I know people who have purchased properties for appreciation because some "big company was moving to town and the values were going to skyrocket" or based on some news their buddy told them, who subsequently lost everything when the company plans changed.There are many ways to skin a cat.  

That way you could acquire with hard money, put your own skin in the game via the repair costs utilizing your HELOC, and then refi out and get cash to pay off your HELOC and the hard money lender and keep the property as a rental.