My realtor and I have a mutual friend who needs to sell her house and also the lot next to it.

You can develop skills to be an investor without getting a license - many people have.Follow someone in your local market that has been doing what you want to do for a long time and that will be way more beneficial to you.

This can often be more beneficial than the FHA loan once you factor in the MIP payment.We have helped a lot of people househack multifamily and single family homes in Los Angeles. 

@Susanna White As mentioned it can be very beneficial to purchase or buy into a template underwriting system.

Any advice regarding purchasing a property from a wholesaler would be immensely beneficial. 

It is possible but likely not beneficial to recharacterize some of that schedule E income to management services schedule C income that could sponsor a 401(k) plan.

While a traditional IRA or Roth IRA might be used to invest in CDs or mutual funds, a self-directed IRA can be invested in many other alternatives including real estate.There are times that holders of these types of real estate will need to sell their investments and being able to connect with a custodian or trustee of these types of investments can provide a unique lead for a sale.Contact Tax AccountantsAsk for referrals, if they have clients that are looking to off load some real estate investments.Contacting these three service providers could be the key to finding your next off market megadeal;…….good luck, and good hunting!

It's just as beneficial for them, as it is for me to draw up - we're both auditors by trade, so mitigating/reducing risk as well as proper documentation is what we live on. haha. 

Trying to get an idea of how to construct so that it is beneficial to my business and to the investor. 

That being said, if you are buying in a super inexpensive market, and plan to move somewhere expensive with your next PCS, it may be beneficial to use the VA loan in the expensive market.