All new new drywall and paint in a 4000 sq ft home, flooring, replaced all plumbing and upgraded electrical, new siding and garage doors, 4.5 updated bathrooms, kitchen remodel with quartz countertops and stainless appliances, many windows replaced, we kept as much original trim and doors as possible, upgraded the staircase with fashionable stainless steel cable system.

So, listing agent will still get leads in this fashion. 

It's good old fashioned marketing. 

This is why we have it structured in this fashion - to conform with THEIR rules.If you were using different type of loan (like a portfolio loan) then none of the post would apply because there are different rules to those loans.  

However, after being on bigger pockets, reading books and listening to podcasts, I want to start investing in a more serious fashion. 

When these alemployees approach me it's always in a very aggressive and negative and sometime threatening fashion.

@Sean HollandThis would not be a recommended strategy for several reasons.The IRS could look at any such arrangement as effectively a means for you to indirectly access or benefit from your own funds.Similarly, though you are not married, if using your IRA to benefit your girlfriend and this enriches your shared household, then you are potentially benefiting yourself in that fashion as well.

I'm not in RE by trade and I'm on the road a lot for my day job which means I'm going about getting started in REI the old fashioned way, slow and steady savings. 

Getting an electrician to show up is the important thing and lowest bids don't always show up in a timely fashion. 

Call me old fashion, but I like the idea of having a few months PITI (Principle, interest, tax, insurance).