After I had a few of those properties by the time I'm 25-26, I would use a 1031 exchange to hopefully trade those into an apartment complex where things would really get rolling.On the other hand, I'd like to get started as soon as possible and have a potential private money lender offering to lend up to 80k to get me started in real estate (I know this individual very well and they have a lot of faith in me, they can see how passionate I am about it).

If so could you private message me or email? 

Obviously, don't ask every single one of these questions to every single property management company during the initial conversations.

Thanks, I believe he is working with private funding now.

But it could also be an 8% private money loan with any range of terms, or a 12% hard money loan with full balance due in a year (sell or refi before that basically).

Currently, my market here in Kansas City, MO is one that doesn't make a whole lot of sense to use hard money or private capital for residential long term buy and holds.

The first thing I did is search his email to see if I've had any other conversations with him (or if he was mentioned by anyone I know via email). 

Hello Courtney,Your options are private money(meaning family, friends, etc), HML, borrowing against a 401K or other retirement vehicle or can you take a HELOC out on your primary home?

Without having enough cash on hand to brrrr I think my next move is to find a private money partner that’s looking to make a better return on their money.

Not sure if I can secure private and/or hard money.