If you do crowdfunding (Reg CF) you cannot host yourself.If you are doing a Reg D then I would use appfolio investment management or junipersquare or something like that (There are many of them and many on BP who provide them, I just named those two as we use appfolio and JS is well known)Your best raise is coming from you and meeting investors, no one raises money better than the sponsor.

If the deal goes well, then do another deal together.

When my wife and I started out we new we wanted to invest but did not know how to, we took action and unfortunately found a family friend realtor (amazing learning experience) then we found bigger pockets. 

Most of the BP guests are pushing a course or book or something, so they appear on the podcast and then disappear instead of hanging out in the forums to help others.

Personally I could not justify investing $11k in a course that teaches you to rent a property then turn around and rent it to others. 

But if you want to maximize your deductions now or plan to sell the property soon, then using it now could be better.Also, if you or your spouse qualify as a Real Estate Professional for tax purposes, the losses could offset other income, like your W-2 salary.

But if you can find the property which can qualify as rural, then you can finance.As an example, farm labor housing is multifamily and there are specific programs inside the USDA portfolio which target those types of properties.

When you get your name on the distribution list, are you then "in line" for a distribution every quarter, or will you need to call and request a distribution every quarter.  

If this property is hard to rent, or is functionally obsolescent (only 1 bathroom, no yard, etc), or has deferred maintenance that will be costly, or is in a location that is not appealing to Tenants, then maybe a sale would be a good option in favor of a property that has better Tenant appeal, which will likely increase rent and avoid long vacancies in between Tenants.An option to consider....

Many agency lenders won't touch anything below $2M and even then could be unfavorable terms.