He interviews experienced investors and as you can imagine, they have many creative ideas.  

I paid the mortgage off years ago but do have an equity loan and line of credit on it in my name.I am looking to find a good group to work with and partner with as i begin, and my goal is in 3-5 years to be able to match my monthly net income, although i have no idea how it will all work so thats very tentative.I do know in the end i would like to have a net income that will allow me to leave my day job or be able to supplant it if for some reason it were lost. i am really driven to succeed at this.

Rents in this area for 3 bdrms can go from 750 or so on the low end and up to 950 on the high end.Id like to keep one apt and use the comm space(i have an idea).ANY HELP AT ALL WOULD BE SOOOO APPRECIATED!

My idea is that the 5 of us would save individually and all pool our cash into a sizable deposit.

But for the average Joe, we aren’t set to inherit tons of money from our family, we tried the stock market but we’ve ended up with average 7-8% returns, maybe some of us have great ideas, but we don’t have the connections and/or the network to adequately fund our business ventures.Raising money to purchase a home is relatively easy for the vast majority of people and in some cases can be shockingly affordable.

But in the meantime, I'd like to hear some thoughts and or ideas on other financing options, JV's, etc.  

Good luck with investing and if you ever want to talk over ideas I'd love to help each other. 

I always wished I had some help when I started in real estate investing, feel free to reach out if you get stuck or just need someone to bounce ideas off of.Jeff

You might check with a local Agent to get an idea of who to talk to to get that information.I found BP about a year ago and I am still deciding what to do.  

I'm guessing that would be a good idea in the future!