Lawyers are a dime a dozen (oops, didn't mean to insult anyone) ;-)

It's going to be hard to find the trifecta: 1) low down payment, 2) place in a nicer area that you want to live in, and 3) you don't pay a dime monthly. 

To make progress and make bigger things happen, I should not nickel and dime with others, instead focus on the bigger question - WHO can help me achieve my GOALS.

I’ve also seen issues like acquiring notes where the due diligence was barely or not done at all and then they call me to get them out of trouble.It’s fine to be new and learn but I’ll always preach don’t do it on someone else’s dime.

You can manage someone else' property without investing a dime.

Contractors on sites like craigslist are a dime a dozen but good contractors are scarce and very hard to hire if your just getting into the business. 

You're both very young and your lives, goals, and personalities can change on a dime.

One of the big mistakes beginning investors make is spending their last dime to purchase an investment.

We inherited some shady tenants that our property manager has gotten rid of and done a LOT of work to move in better tenants, but, on top of needing to be subdivided, it is currently nickel and diming us to death, plus we need two new roofs and all of the central AC units need to be replaced soon.

This is nickel and dime stuff but everything counts. 1) could you contract with the cable company to get a kickback for tenants who sign up with them2) could you sell renters insurance to your tenants and get a small kickback3) if your electric is deregulated, you could get a small kickback from the electric company for choosing which plan the tenants use.A lot of this may be regulated by the state you are in so not sure if it will work.