Usually after walking through the property he is able to give me a good ball park figure of what the renovation should cost barring unforeseen issues.

Step 1 in marketing is getting as MANY eye-balls as possible to see that listing.

I know or know of people in your same position (executive level tech experience + capital) who have done well in this business, and also ones that have imploded in a spectacular ball of flames. 

Id love to connect it anyone willing to share some advice or guidance to help me get this ball rolling. 

Yeah, house hacking is a great way to get the ball rolling.

Seller carry is a whole different ball game and with that, your options are much better.

We did two loans with them and they majorly dropped the ball on both almost costing us the deal.

I know you play ball in the field Engelo, so you need primetime ammo and artillery.

Get that outlined so you're able to play ball in the field and not get played.I invest on the side in private & public debt, take the interest payouts and buy into private & public equity and more RE.

As mentioned, ensure that client is working with a lender that will refund any remaining 2/1 buydown funds in the event that they refinance before the 2nd year is up, since my crystal ball says that's (beep boop boop) about 87.2% certain to happen (Barry Habib, two three time crystal ball award winner [literally, and among other accolades], agrees btw, though his crystal ball unlike mine does not have the scienterific precision to pin it at 87.2% exactly).