I have 5 business ideas that involve real estate and giving back to the community, to decrease violence in cities I once lived like Chicago and DC. 

The only idea I have left is to ask my realtor if she can provide me info off the MLS.

They usually deal with a lot of banks (like you're attempting to do on your own right now), so they have an idea on who can best service whatever type of loan that you need.

I think it is a great idea to bring together like minded people in your age group to learn together, support each other & to read & discuss the same books concepts etc.  

it seems as if option #1 allows you to quickly scale with less money (basically furniture and a security deposit) but has the downside of lower margins since you're not building equity.I've also thought of other ideas such as buying a few properties under a llc with several other investors, where the total cash per person would be the same as if you bought 1 property by yourself but it's diversified across different markets and reduced risk.

Any insight, advice, or ideas would be greatly appreciated, I love Bigger Pockets and am excited to have joined this community of incredibly resourceful and creative people!!

A mentor is a great idea.

This is an $850k equine facility, the owner and I agree that offering terms will open it up to a lot of people getting started in the business- just want to have some idea of what he can/should offer, and things to watch out for!

Seemed to me that there may be legal issues with doing this, not to mention it just seems very unethical, and outrageous that someone would be willing to agree to a deal like that anyways on a $20-30k house.Any ideas on that strategy or how that would work?

Also, don't listen to @Jason Chen he has no idea.