Primary home only about half paid off.

Rather than go into all the specifics I would suggest you read some underwriting books to understand how to analyze these larger deals.A few that come to mind are:- Multifamily Millionaire Vol 1&2 (Bigger Pockets) Multifamily Millionaire Book Bundle – BiggerPockets Bookstore- Hands Off Investor by Brian Burke-  Definitive Guide to Underwriting Multfamily by Robert BeardsleyThere are many others out there, but I would suggest starting with those.

We used our funds to renovate and set up, and financed into a DSCR after 6 months, paying off the PML and pulling some of our funds back out. 

You can start cash flowing off the bat and (depending on the financials) can potentially help your DTI. https://themortgagereports.com/107690/fannie-mae-introduces-...

It started off with me discovering Grant Cardone, I got to talking with my Dad about how much I would love to be like him someday and follow his real estate journey.

I just should have left that information out in general as it steered the whole conversation away from the question about tips on investing with partners and it seems like the thoughts is to start off investing on my own and then go in on future properties with them.

No one made an offer, and the agent forgot to take off "Best and final due by May 9th" for a few months.

I would still suggest enlisting the services of a professional, however, as someone with more in-depth knowledge of your situation would be able to give a much more personalized and tailored answer for you.EDIT: I can only think of one reason off the top of my head where amending a previous year's return is the correct way to do something that you couldn't otherwise do when filing an original return.

I have one in Bethany and the off-season is so tough compared to Ocean City.

Their agenda is to keep the attendees off balance so that by the end of the presentation the attendee's head is spinning with "10X" and "millions of dollars" and whatever, so that $25,000 sounds like a small number.