It just depends on your personal situation and overall investment goals. 

I, personally, prefer not to be cash flow negative assuming 20% down on a deal.

The person then gets called and qualed and so it begins.I am reasonably tech savvy but not as much in this realm (not yet I guess) and nobody end to end owns the process.  

Used personal funds for literally everything.

However, I personally go 1 step further as many people have outsized debt obligations. relative to their income.

Personal Finance folks I've found have $5k minimum fees and such.

So, I borrowed the money from the person that stayed in my first house as she had just sold her house and made a fair amount of money off of it.

I PERSONALLY feel the attorney should be neutral and alert me to red flags and lay out my options.I 100% understand why my real estate AGENT would push me, so ...

@Agustin Conti personally if he wanted to rent a pressure washer to clean it, I would reimburse the cost but I wouldn't paint it.

The schools ignore personal finance and business and hence people enter the world totally clueless as to basic concepts of business and finance.  25 years ago when I was financing small investors I made a loan to the purchaser of a small 12 unit apt complex.