I want to help my son get off to a great start but I am also concerned what cosigning will do to my debt to ratio and I have been circling real estate investing for the last few years, ready to take a shot now.

@Brandon Malone  No physical key given to the tenant but either have one with a trusted person who is available or in a lock box on site.

This is useless unless the investor has a foundation in or has first been educated as to real estate principles, real estate law and real estate finance.

We do these on LTR’s and STR’s for clients often and have never requested a tax transcript to my knowledge.They gave no reason and have lost my trust because they didn't mention they needed this paperwork either.

I want to help my son get off to a great start but I am also concerned what cosigning will do to my debt to ratio and I have been circling real estate investing for the last few years, ready to take a shot now.

I am thinking that providing section 8 housing may be a more affordable and recession proof way to get started in real estate for rental income.

@Brian SiedenburgHere are various real estate investment strategies for supporting your mother's care.

Nobody can sell your services as well as you can, mainly because people, especially when trusting a large investment, like speaking with the owner.Also as eluded to above, what is your experience? 

Outside of real estate I am in the construction industry, in Commercial / Residential Roofing.

Hi Ola- Congrats on starting your real estate investing journey!