I was really bummed out to hear this because im not sure I can afford the extra 2k (looks like im eating ramen noodles for the next couple months). 

I'll put about $8k into some low expense ETF's to hopefully earn a little interest but more importantly be usable as an emergency fund for the rental. 

Not sure that’s worth the extra headache of dealing with tenants

Just extra paperwork since its a considered a high cost loan.

We are extra careful in our screening process for this reason.

This is a great area to earn a nice ROI!

If you are offering nothing to yourself as the sponsor then less motivation to find great deals.Essentially you would be playing with people's hard earned money to try and gain some experience which would likely be bad.Why not intern while in school at a commercial firm that has a fund or is syndicating with a focus on their capital raise department?

I earned a graduate degree from The Ohio State University and am a big Buckeye fan!

My girlfriend's parents have been doing live-in flips for the past 10 years, and that exposed me to how profitable a little extra work can be.After another year or so of saving up money for a down payment, I plan on buying a house to fix and flip over the course of a couple years.

In this deal the difference came out to nearly zero, so perfect, no reason to wait.the last deal I was 11K under 75%....so I waited 6 months to extract that extra cash.