Your Lender My suggestion to find #2 & #4 would be to go to the top of this page and click on AGENTS & LENDERS.There you will be asked your criteria and then after answering a few questions you will be matched with 3-5 agents or loan officers in your area.

I called the firm, setup an appointment to go over fees and forms.

After several calls with some of the larger PMS providers, where I really took the time to dive into their products and compare features, pricing, and more, we've decided to go with Hostfully.

If you want to play a passive role, a real estate syndication or debt fund could be a great way to go.

While I don’t regret anything in my life if I was to go back in time I would finish the real estate degree and go into something real estate when I graduated at 22 instead of doing it half-as**ed for years.

In our market, it is probably a bit more desirable to go after smaller multi and of course it depends on the capital you have.   

Like @Chris Seveney said, private lending is a great way to go as well.  

I feel if a person doesn't have the time or desire to get on a plane to look at something they are dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars in, they probably are not that suited for this business.

He turned around and used the interest I paid him back to go on a golf trip with me later that year. 

Their focus is actually to buy rentals for people that already have money to invest, I had to go around asking about wholesaling.