Would it be worth it to you to burn that bridge you just built for 1 deal?

But my lack of long term market understanding lead to over extension on my personal buy-and-hold properties. 2008 destroyed me as 95% of my tenants decided they no longer needed to pay... and some even decided that they were entitled to my mechanical systems and metal materials like plumbing and wiring... one even burned down a multi-family building.

Sorry you got burned back in 2008.

While it's great not to be one of those who "never get started" there is still a minimum level of understanding you need to have or you'll get burned.  

She is 75 and was burning through her retirement, so now she rents a room in her apt. in New Haven East Rock neighborhood and has it rented 5-6 nights a week all year round.  

Tenant cloud is free and Rentec costs $15 to $30 per month, but I got burned last time because the software I used was free and there was a huge problem that caused the tenant to triple pay rent and has been a huge headache.

I agree with @Carl Jackson in that I don't think the real estate commission has any heart burn with you managing your own single member LLC.

I am a little wary of burning all of my capital and would prefer to leverage it if I could.Should I try to find equity partners?

I just signed up here recently, am very much in the learning phase (burning through all podcasts over the last couple weeks), and am excited to be here!

If its off your plate and some elses' job it will ensure they go out every week and it will burn out your compettion if they are going out on there own