I’d also like to avoid paying the government nearly 40% of my take-home, especially because I’ll be putting so much time and work into these properties myself.

I'll be using 100k or so of fund from hard money since it's a bit out of my cash range.

I’ll ask my realator to do the same.

I'll include a few below. 

Now I guessed my interest rate using my my credit score and a few websites so I don't think that is the best way to get them and if anyone can give some insight on how to get more realistic rates I'll really appreciate it and ill refine the report.

I'll leave those to brighter minds than mine. 

But there are some people out there doing it...I'll play devil's advocate on your win-win points.For the PM: "They get a large chunk of equity." 

If finding the deal is the only hindrance, I'll happily search for it for as long as it takes. 2.

I will use real estate investing as a vehicle to free me from my "9-5 job" in order to spend with my family and live a purposeful life.I am mainly interested in buy-and-holds, but I'll keep my mind open for now as I am just getting started.My fiancé and I may very likely be moving to Germany within the next 1-2 years.

So I guess I'll need to rethink my entry point into REI.