We hope to supplement our regular income slightly (maybe paying myself a monthly management fee) while significantly increasing our wealth/retirement.

If you want to supplement the proceeds with cash from other sources so the mortgage is lower that is fine.

I'm coming here as a supplement of sorts or a resource for anecdotal advice or heck, what do I have to lose by tapping into the community that knows these waters much better than me. 

It took a little digging, but what I found was that his main concern was setting up long term income stream to supplement his wife's social security.Maybe it's the exception and not the rule, but I never would have known if I hadn.t taken a little time to sound him out.

After realizing that the cost of buying a home, or even renting an apartment, was incredibly expensive I started looking for ways to supplement my income in order to afford my own place.

I think I want to persue a buy/hold approach - mainly because I want to build a retirement equity portfolio (preferably leave my 401k and transfer funds to IRA for investing) via real estate, and to have the cashflow from these rentals as a good supplement to the income I have now.I hope in the future, if things work well, to be able to persue real estate full time like the pros :)

I was looking for additional capital to supplement my private lenders.  

Is it your present business plan to supplement tenants rates based on whether you like them or not.

My end state is to be successful enough to supplement my income with the military, get out and have more time to spend at home with my family.well thanks for reading David Fantell

You may be able to work for an agent holding open houses, etc. and get paid for it to help you supplement your current income.