We ended speaking with the owner , changing management teams and after 2 months ended that agreement.

It gives him experience in public speaking, forming your own opinion and communicating with authority.

If you're family is up to it, i'd definitely look into house hacking,probably the most low cost way to get into it, run the #s make sure it makes sense whether you're living in it or not, there's other low cost way like seller finance, subto which iv'e never done so i don't want to speak on that, but there's something you can look into, i've heard of a lot of people getting into deals 0% down.

Commercial is a universe apart from Residential and yes, commercial is 10X easier in regards to the things we are speaking on. 

Hey Marc, speaking from the BRRRR lending side of things I don't see any deals that our team has closed in Winchester, VA in the past few years.

Jim Dahle is an active investor in syndications and speaks a lot about REITs and other types of RE investments.

I’m sick to my stomach just speaking of it.

I'm not aware of any doctor loan anywhere that allows for use as an investment property; generally speaking, that's not what they are intended for. 

Strictly analytical speaking you cannot make a financial case for unleveraged investing in real estate.

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.