This may be due to a misunderstanding of existing options.FHA loans: Require a 3.5% down payment for investment properties with multiple units, but you must live in one unit.VA loans: Offer 0% down for veterans, but again, occupancy in one unit is mandatory.While some private lenders might offer lower down payments around 15-20%, they typically come with stricter requirements and higher interest rates.

Purchase price: $68,000 Cash invested: $73,000 Sale price: $183,000 We bought this house from a private seller who got our info from our friends at the water department.

In CRE, the financing is executed by private party with only 5 years baloon payment, the private part of the financier alsouses the money from investor, so yo could literally, invest from both side (this has nothing to do with your original question).- So in reality, the residential equity ownership is always better because you owned the asset directly and your counterparty is goverment, this is not the same with CRE.- Also because of the structure of LP/GP ownership, this is always true: the return/risk is always favour the GP side, even if investment is collapsed they still make money from the split,acquisition fee, waterfall etc,etc.

I could if it was education for my W2 but not real estate because I'm not a real estate professional.   

Hard money lenders and private lending institutions/businesses will loan up to 70% of arv including rehab cost. 

You are absolutely right about other travel professionals beside travel nurses.

Readers are advised to seek professional advice.

But it will not be the same way I was winning when rates were 3% (or maybe it is - but reality is there will be some changes to the business as 3% rates is like a professional team playing against a pee-wee team). 

There's a couple things - you can get bridge funding now or some type of private money bridge/construction loan that will give you acquisition funds, so that you can acquire said building and then take the time to get your permitting squared, and then roll into construction portion once ready. 

Could you advise on the best methods to find a mentor and network with professionals in this field?