I've been here for 10 months and while I was getting my documents, I've been attending meet ups and seminars but as I'm sure most of you have experienced, you tend to get solicited with the "gurus" offering you education for X amount of money without the security of knowing if it's beneficial to me. 

On BiggerPockets, you can reach out to experienced real estate investors while getting deals done the right way.

BP is the best way to go when reaching out to experienced investors and getting deals done the right way.Congratulations and I wish you all the best.

In my twenty years of out of state real estate investing of five properties, I've never experienced such a situation. 

Get deals done the right way and reach out to experienced real estate investors in Bigger Pockets.You are not alone in your real estate ambition.

How experienced is the investor doing what needs to be done to make that 20% worth the actual dollars needed by you?  

Has anyone experienced this and are there any other options?

Welcome Dallas, your plan sounds good and I can't recommend enough that you go through the Ultimate Beginner's guide at https://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investin...You probably know it's a great starting point, combined of course with the BP forums and the experienced and helpful folks in here.Best of luck!

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