You will only be offering sweat equity at this point and you may get little, if any, financial return assisting a sponsor on the first deal(s) but it is often how you enter the commercial real estate game.

Couple reasons:1) More limited financing options.2) More limited use and structure for the deals.3) Finally, if you have to inject extra cash into the property for whatever reason (manage an economic downturn or natural disaster, for instance), it's going to be trickier using an SDIRA.Syndications and private lending protect you from much of the property management nuance.

Our financial arrangement is my partner will put the 10% down for the HM lender, and pay closing and holding costs ($65k anticipated) My construction company will be doing the renovation, and I intend my company to bill our partnership for costs incurred (direct cost, no markup obviously).

Looking for cash flowing investments in the single family category w/ a goal of financial freedom in 5 years.Joined BiggerPockets after listening to several of the podcasts.

Madeline,You're on the right track, you just need to reorganize some of your numbers to better understand the scenario.First, the 50% rule is a general rule to help quickly analyze the financials on a property, although it seems to be very accurate on average much of the time. 

I am brand new to the idea of financial independence and real estate investing.

My Name is Jason Kunst I live in Northwest Indiana, and I’m looking to start house hacking.I am currently renting with my brother and will be at my current residence for another 18months because we are supporting my m...

I've been listening to BP podcast for awhile now and  I think I'm finally in a place where i need to start making moves to make my dream of financial freedom.

Its a low income neighborhood and the tenant had some financial hardships in the past which I have agreed to overlook in exchange for last month's rent up front (rather than collecting just the first month and a security deposit). 

Hiring out services isn’t going to help you financially that’s for sure .