I'd love to join the group if there is an online presence and come to a meeting when I'm in town. 

@David MoreheadBooks: Due Diligence Handbook (super important and often missed element of the underwriting process)The Real Estate Game: The Intelligent Guide To Decisionmaking And Investment (solid overview by an experienced operator)How to Create Lifetime Cash Flow Through Multifamily Properties (free, solid book)Articles:How to Avoid the Most Common Commercial Due Diligence MistakesDeal Screening Checklist for Passive Multifamily InvestorSpend time poking around the Internet + networking with local multifamily investors to understand how to underwrite and what assumptions to use. 

Your other option is some of the Alternative Non-QM lending programs that are out there, there are several that take the Rent Debt Coverage Ratio to determine the income or debt ratio instead of the borrowers personal income, most of these only have a 6 month ownership seasoning to use existing value, one company that has this program is Impac Mortgage, they have their credit matrix online to view at "http://impacmortgage.com/media/forms/iQM-Investor-...

With that background I was very happy going with eXp Realty since it's an online-only brokerage with very little pressure to produce and minimal fees.

You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

For me and my family, the MF Breeze team, his "Syndicated Deal Analyzer" (SDA) was a complete game changer and finally allows any of us to enter the major league.Looking forward to having a great journey together and doing awesome deals with all of you in 2018.

Online CD one can get 1.7% annual interest anytime withdraw. 

I figure the more skin they have into the game the less likely they are to trash the place or walk away.

I use this evaluation process strictly for SFHs that I want to flip. depending on your end game strategy your evaluation might be slightly different (ie: if you are a buy-build-holder then you might want to count in rental rates as well) Hope that helped

Find some equitable way to participate in a deal, so that you both have skin in the game.