@Darryl JacksonHow much you need can depend on many factors , the purchase price of the home , the rehab costs etc.Also if you are going to pay all cash or leverage ( hard money or private money loans etc ) If you don’t own your own home I’d suggest doing a live in flip or house hack as you can take advantage of low money down loans like an FHA loan for 3.5%Many people have used this as a way to start out and gain equity that they then use for other deals .It’s possible to do deals without your own money if you do a joint venture type deal but could be hard to find someone to partner without experience, might have to give up more than half the profit but still better than no deal .

I know that joint ventures are another way of investing private capital with other investors and living off of the returns. 

You can do joint ventures, lease options and more.

We are going to look at a joint venture to build multifamily project 3 stories high and over 250 units.  

We were trying to figure out how we could work with her so that we could be joint owners. 

I don't rent to college students but I would think there should be a "joint and several liability" clause that makes everyone 100% responsible for the entire property and the entire rent amount.

Joint venture for flipping houses What they offered it to put downpayment on any deal we brought in.

Use vendor financing, subject to, contract for deed, joint ventures.

Canadian entities jointly own a third CCPC.  

If not, I looked up delayed financing on the Fannie Mae site.The original purchase transaction was an arms-length transaction.For this refinance transaction, the borrower(s) must meet Fannie Mae’s borrower eligibility requirements as described in B2-2-01, General Borrower Eligibility RequirementsThe borrower(s) may have initially purchased the property as one of the following:a natural person;an eligible inter vivos revocable trust, when the borrower is both the individual establishing the trust and the beneficiary of the trust;an eligible land trust when the borrower is the beneficiary of the land trust; oran LLC or partnership in which the borrower(s) have an individual or joint ownership of 100%.The original purchase transaction is documented by a settlement statement, which confirms that no mortgage financing was used to obtain the subject property.