Turns out, he just wants to be rid of it, and is willing to sell the house to me with no money down and seller financing (he is retired and doesn’t really need the money.I believe this property will easily rent for 600$My primary questions are these: If we came to an agreement, what players would I need to round up to make this happen?

With institutional real estate investments, the advice of an expert who works in the industry every day, knows all the players and their track records, and performs due diligence on each offering is a great benefit to you and comes to you at no cost.There are many qualified Sponsors to consider and I can explain offline who we choose to work with and why. 

The one I found the most helpful because they send wholesale leads is... https://www.jdlventures.com/Expect to collect a bunch of business cards and meet all of the players in the real estate market, from Realtors to interior designers.Hope this helps and lets make the best of the journey ahead.

I am currently a professional basketball player who has played on the European circuit for the past 6 years.

I'm in a very hot Nashville, TN market, and my current home, built two years ago, served for 7 months as a STR property (short lived due to awful neighbors), and then I was able to get lucky and signed a Nashville Predators hockey player to a 10 month lease fully furnished, cash flowing over $2k a month...

I saw a former NFL player the other day who is now delivering mail for the post office.

I'm currently working on quite a bit right now but would like to create a plan with a real path to purchasing my first STR in 12 months.So for you experienced players out there, what you say to me (STR newbie) if i said i want to build a few STRs in different markets for my family and me to visit as awesome vacay destinations?

There are so many new players making offers out there that can't really close quickly (or at all).  

I invited 4 of my areas bigger players including: 2 that are excellent at raising private capitol, a master wholesaler (yes this does exist) and an investor that has the best cash buyers lists I've ever seen (he has sold 45 flips this year!)   

I am working on refinancing the hard money loan.Kevin McNeely and Brian Adams are seasoned players in Killeen market and are also active on BP.Good luck to you.