i'm telling you all this so that you can see that i am a genuine and relatable person. life's too short to pretend i'm a stuffy business person- i'm not. i also want to show you that i am motivated, smart, and resourceful. i have goals, but i need some help. i don't have time to waste, and i read once that Andrew Carnegie said that making good deals involves being up front and honest about what you want, so this is what i want:i want a mentor to help me to get some real experience in the field, and i want to find a reliable and fair network team. i also want someone to believe in me enough to invest in me so i can get started. what i'm willing to give:i am willing to negotiate a fair return on investments. i will share and support my network team just as much as they support me. and for a mentor, i will negotiate a fair trade(perhaps a percentage of my real estate profit for the first year) for the education. and... i will totally take some people on business dinners(and write them off on my taxes), you know, as a bonus. :)so, are any of you willing to invest in me?

I am new to learning the trick of the trade for investing.

And be wary of methadone clinics as there often is quite a bit of dealing and trading of medication going on.

We always consider homes that are fixer uppers...but a larger home requires a larger investment, and I'm concerned with what major swings we might see in the market in the short and longer term. 

STEM fields, medical, dental, law, refinery work (process operating, instrumentation, NDE and etc), trade skills (plumbing, electrical, etc..)

I have had risk based pricing on policies by area which could swing the rate by $500 depending on the zip code.  

You don't have to swing for the fences on your first deal.

I had a couple meetings with the two portfolio lenders I work with, and they agreed to back me with a competitive loan if I was able to swing the deal (not together, they will be competing on terms to get the loan).With my lender assurance and projections and story in hand, I approached people of means that I knew, mostly from my non-real estate professional career (information technology) plus a few connections I had made in RE.  

I am a millwright by trade for my day job, run a construction business on the side and manage 20 some units mostly my own.

It then becomes a trade off of profit-for-tenant.