The closest I've come to your situation is similar to one in which a tenant wanted to cut the grass, for which he wanted to get a reduction in his rent.

Wholesaling would be signing up for a job that will make you hate real estate and waste money (even though your sales background would help, I would use it to acquire for yourself later), so house hacking is a great option because you learn landlording.

Prime is currently 7.75% and likely to drop by 1-3% during this fed cut cycle over the next 1-3 years.  

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Or she just cuts you out of the deal somehow and doesn't give you a penny and she's dating a mixed martial artist bouncer now so what are you gonna do, etc.

@Aubrey Adams-Thanks for the post / question -I would recommend developing a hypothetical plan  ( purchase price / loan amt needed ) and get pre approved ..this process is free and it will help get you organized and also to educate you  in many ways ..if you never end up buying - no worries and no costs have been wasted 

She didn’t know what caused the fall, but said it’s the reason for her memory problems.The meeting, which was conducted by telephone, was cut short after Van Gundy’s lawyer said she suffered two seizures.Multiple investors have said they loaned hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy and sell mobile homes only to have Van Gundy and her company — Outstanding Real Estate Solutions Inc. — renege on principal and interest payments.

It's important to understand the difference, and I'd recommend sticking with the REIT with depreciation advantages.The Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) includes a 199A deduction and applies to certain income from pass-through entities (including REIT dividends) and allows individuals to take the 20% deduction against REIT dividend distributions that yields an effective tax rate of 29.6% or 37% (80% for upper bracket filers).

Drawing with one plumbing line for all 8 units and drawing a more efficient separate water lines to each unit is the same amount of work for him, just the former being wasteful for the long future as a landlord.

In order to avoid wasting time on a bunch of individual showings with unqualified applicants, perhaps consider doing what I do and host “open house” style showing windows.