Cory -I'd be interested to find out how much time you wish to devote to your investing.

There has been much said for focusing on one thing and devoting all my time to being successful at a particular endeavor.

When someone devotes much of their resources and time to "their cause" it may not make logical sense.

But we are devoted to making sure that we do things the right way from the get go. 

And, after you've exhausted the free resources, if you want more, BiggerPockets has an entire book devoted to the topic (that I wrote).If you're looking for a quick and easy answer, you're not going to find it. 

Form what you have said it sounds like the "master lease option" is the way to go to limit your risk so you can walk but give you the upside if your plan to turn around and create equity works.The key even with a MLO is how much TIME you will devote to this property and endeavor versus alternative investments and returns you could be making.

One reason is that they might think that I am not fully devoted to my current role.For those whose boss/co-workers know what you do on the side, what was the result of you informing them about your side business?

It does make me want to go Donald Hendricks' route and devote a portion of my life ruining theirs but that may be taking it too far.

As David implied, you're essentially asking a stranger to:- Devote a significant amount of time to you- Train you to potentially become their competitorI don't know too many people who would do that for a perfect stranger for nothing in return.

Now with the internet and the amount of online information, as well as an entire service industry devoted to the passive real estate investor, it is actually doable.