Originally, I felt limited by conventional lending DTI.

Here in UT we have strict occupancy limits in college towns of 3 unrelated people per unit.

You could operate as a Limited Partner (LP) while the General Partners (GP) are in the trenches doing the leg-work. 

No one is perfect though in RE if your doing volume your going to have a few that are bummers but at least in our program there is control.. not this feeling of helplessness when you hand your money over to a syndicate and they go dark your totally out of control of your funds..

If you adhere strictly to the laws, you will be limited in the services you can offer to your relative compared to what they would get if they listed their property with a licensed agent, and they will get less money for their property working with you than if they hired an agent.

Having models is great if you understand their limitations.

At least we don’t have rent control and it’s in the IL constitution that rent control is illegal otherwise Chicago would for sure have it by now.

Say you position in great locations where the experience is highly sought and highly valued with limited offerings.

Debt is rarely a factor in their issue. the ultra wealthy I know  with a few exceptions have very limited debt.. to no debt. 

So, those become the local "Command & Control" centers.