In the worst case, I would even do an 80/20 deal if it meant raising vs. not raising $.Even the best people I know got started within their own friend and family networks.

Essentially, my plan is to learn, network, tighten up my credit, raise capital, and pull the trigger within the next year (my original plan was within 9 months, but that would mean purchasing in December...I'm afraid it will be more difficult to flip a house in this area during the winter and I want to minimize holding cost as much as practical...thoughts on that are appreciated).That said, I'm a clean slate ready to absorb all the knowledge and wisdom from others in the BP community.

I own 9 properties and this was more of a test for us (low risk). 

I raise it by $4K.  

Wholesaling is a good way to raise capital for future investing.  

While it doesn't have your kid element, our story does have the crazy predictable components of life.I too am looking for an opportunity to work on this full time so we I can stay home and raise our future kids.Feel free to pm me if you want to talk.

Good day, I just passed my real estate license test back in October 2015.

That will get you starting and thinking and testing it out all at once in a relatively safe way.

I also fix a lot of things myself to keep costs down, but when I can raise value I do it also. 

The most common test of proximate cause under the American legal system is foreseeability.