@Scott Louis I would by direct as opposed to other sources especially getting into the game.

“Previously, if a married couple had depreciation deductions that exceeded their real estate business income, the couple could claim that "loss" to write off taxes on a maximum of $500,000 in income from other sources, like wages from a day job.Under the change, our rich taxpayer couple -- and this applies only for individuals, not corporations -- can now deduct an unlimited amount of "excess losses" in real estate against income from other sources.

Access to IRA etc funds if deemed qualified may open funding options for those in need.https://www.marketwatch.com/st...

Previously, if a married couple had depreciation deductions that exceeded their real estate business income, the couple could claim that "loss" to write off taxes on a maximum of $500,000 in income from other sources, like wages from a day job.Under the change, our rich taxpayer couple -- and this applies only for individuals, not corporations -- can now deduct an unlimited amount of "excess losses" in real estate against income from other sources.

Have/has the new & improved ARV tool hit the market or are realtors the best source for most recent COMPS? 

Because of that, I have been scouring over different online real estate sources for properties in my area, including Zillow, Trulia, and LoopNet.

You're post ends with "What Do I Do" What you should do is research from credible sources.

The seller agreed to extend a seller note at 2nd lien position and then we agreed to do that as a personal note for me only (not my Partner)He has backed out earlier today from offering any note due to some issues.Question: Is there a source that i can tap into for 100K+ funding as a personal note?

If over time you had to make decisions on how to invest your money in RE, and the source of your education was piecemeal from discussion groups and blogs, then you perfected it through trial and error, how confident would you be in the results?

If I had used it to buy only 1 source of rental income, "straight cash homie", I would have never been able to scale and take advantage of the opportunities I had at that moment.