So in short, the past six months have been quite an adventure, left my day job, started a business, and moving to AR to start my own path as an architect-developer.

This is believed to help put liquidity into the home buying process by taking these loans off the books of banks and mtg companies.Now Freddie has started to purchase 2nd mortgages.

Or you should save up your money and just do the deals yourself out of cash on hand.

-Commercial vacancies remain hard to fill-We are on pace to do the least number of transactions this year since I started REI in 2017.Not trying to be negative, just being honest and realistic.

In the long run, you should see cashflow go up but you probably aren't going to retire off cashflow in the early years, even if you bought a coupled dozen properties.So, if you want to dip your toe in the water the easy way, start with a turnkey rental. 

You have found a great resource here with the Forum...start asking questions...

Track record goes a long way and if you are just getting started it's easiest to begin with your "friends and family" network.

Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction2.

Starting out.

Once you start violating the integrity of your own lease, you are on a slippery slope.