Some private lenders will step in and fund.

It’s a smart move, especially since it ties in with your goal of saving for your first investment.For skills, you probably already have a good foundation with your sales experience—things like communication, organization, and dealing with clients are all super valuable.

And as far as legal—an attorney becomes essential once you're ready to finalize terms with either an HML or private lender to make sure everything’s secure.Hope this helps!

Focus on tax-saving strategies such as cost segregation studies and bonus depreciation to accelerate deductions.By qualifying as a Real Estate Professional (spending 750+ hours annually and materially participating), you can offset your wife’s S-Corp income with real estate losses, reducing your tax liability.

You should jump into the weeds as long as you have a few exit strategies, know the market, have a stable 9-5, and emergency savings.

Now most of my deals are a combination of our business money, bank money, hard money, and private money.  

Tenants save money when using a shared meter, so there's plenty of room for error when calculating how to distribute the charges.

As a student without W2 income, you may need to show alternative income sources like savings, freelance work, or a job offer.

He has been saving his money for years and has plenty of money saved but no experience with real estate investing.

Cost to wait is maybe save couple grand on zoning attorney but could potentially make that up by earning some rent earlier (vs. unused space).