There are most likely charitable organisations in your area that can assist you in this endeavor as opposed to investors.Charity and business are at opposite ends of the spectrum.

I am doing all this because I have an awesome 9 year old in the autism spectrum and I need to minimize my work hours so I can homeschool him (with the help of the homeschooling community, no socialization concerns)Thank you very much for your time, and looking forward making this happen this year; if the numbers  and the timing make cents ;)

Where in the phase out spectrum I fall changes year to year based on bonuses and overtime and I'd like to know how to count in rental income (when I purchase a property later this year) for planning whether or not I can use a ROTH.  

Some of them (like my own lovely San Diego) are going to be far on the not affordable side of the spectrum.1 New York2 Los Angeles3 Chicago4 Houston5 Philadelphia6 Phoenix7 San Antonio8 San Diego9 Dallas10 San Jose11 Austin12 Indianapolis

., land, value added commercial turn around, and bets on neighborhood changes.I believe its most important for a real estate participant to understand where he is on the real estate spectrum, i.e., investor, in the real estate business, or a service provider.  

They are completely different strategies and are both ends of the active passive spectrum, but if you are brand new, I'm afraid you'll get eaten up in the non-performing world of notes, lawyers, foreclosures, evictions, management, working out payment plans, etc. without a first step into notes with simple monthly payments and servicing that you get with performing notes.  

You can search under the network tab and then events for meetup groups.As far as the rehab, the spectrum is pretty broad.  

I'm not sure where this falls on the etiquette spectrum but yesterday I learned more about a potential property during a 5 minute conversation with an existing tenant than the remainder of the inspection.

If you are a pessimist, like me, I feel like that I have passed on a few deals that could have been good just because I tend to estimate vacancy rates, repair / maintenance, etc to be towards the bad end of the spectrum.

I just think on the lower end of the buyer spectrum, people are going to be very hesitant about buying a home instead of renting.