I've tried putting together my own excel version but feel like I have nothing to compare it to.

Then plug everything into an excel spreadsheet. 

I am seeing more and more pop up with a little separate income sweet already built in on the first floor that make a perfect little airbnb.When it comes to investor friendly lending, I would start with Troy Howell at Nova, Joe Massey at Castle and Cooke (I used him for both of my HH's) and Jessica Castillo at Bank of America (their grant program is excellent!).

Quit watching the news. 

Best bet is to locate commercial brokers around the country for pocket listings...There is also a YouTube channel I believe it's called Commercial Property Advisors or something like that, the guy has some excellent videos on commercial properties.

That's the elusive purple leopard of the day . . . and without skilled execution even the best deal and the greatest money will have zilch to show for it.So, what you can do to justify a 50/50 split is . . . bring the deal and execute it with the utmost integrity and excellence. 

When I got into real estate brokerage it seemed like I was making a somewhat permanent decision and it pressurized the situation more than it likely needed to be.In hindsight I'd say: go with the brokerage that is going to train you excellently and offer mentorship.

My husband and I have saved money up, paid off the credit card debt and raised our credit scores to excellent , all to start the goal that we have of investing in real estate.

Blake Long is an excellent real estate attorney, and Brandon Smith is a kickass accountant.

Made it to settlement by the skin of my teeth (debt to income ratio was excellent) after being underwritten twice.