All title companies work with alot of investors.

My brother-in-law, who owns a landscaping company in Lee’s Summit, works with a lot of local builders and has been a huge help.

- Agents and title companies I work with always expect EM to be delivered within 24 hrs of opening escrow.

Their return is better than most note companies.  

@Jeff Nash would be a great resource to speak with on companies/investments to offset your W2.

That is numerator.

Insurance companies do not like Federal Pacific electrical panels. 

In New Jersey, there are numerous brokerages to chose from, and I highly suggest you do a google search and look into 100% virtual real estate brokerages in New Jersey. 

Here in the USA you need what's called a "construction loan" and it's also very hard to find a company that will insure you if you're a newbie.

In Columbus, you can still find the 1% rule and there's amazing appreciation potential due to how much population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing there (recently Anduril just announced another 4,000 jobs coming to Columbus Ohio on top of Intel, Google, Amazon, FB, Nationwide, Ohio State University, etc.).