You should pay them an hourly rate for all of this.After all, there’s no guarantee that you will even end up buying a property or selecting them as your cohost.

Rise up the ranks to a c suite position.  

I no longer invest in rental properties directly, I prefer spreading small amounts ($5K) in real estate syndications through an investment club, but we did a write-up on this company a little while back.

BUT, I am sick living in construction and would like to move to a new home and then finish fliping and sell or hold the two homes asap.

I have the rental properties insured with a variety of lenders and no issues with putting all of them under the umbrella policy.

I've been finishing up my Financial Planning degree at the University of Alabama.

You have to make payments on the borrowed funds, which is then deducted from the money you are making on the investment.

I have purchased the following books:ABCs of Buying Rental Property The ABCs of Property Management The ABCs of Real Estate Investing The Advanced Guide to Real Estate InvestingThe Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money DownWhat order do you recommend reading them in?

I do think house hacking and small multifamily are the best plays at the moment. 

Quote from @Garrett Karnath: Quote from @Jason Wray: Garrett,If you are talking about reducing closing costs including the banks side you can ask the sellers for a "Seller credit" which they can offer up to 6%.