Overall it was very exciting and ultimately reaffirmed my want to do business out there. 

I spoke with a loan officer about this (in Texas) and he said we can't split the down payment without having both our names on the loan and thus limiting the amount of loans we can ultimately use. 

How much revenue is it doing and ultimately how much are you looking to sell for?

Will keep you guys updated who they ultimately went with and their experience.

Ultimately, portfolio lenders are betting on you as much as your property.  

(When a crash occurs, good agents will survive it and the mediocre ones won't.)There's seriously very little marketing an agent will do for your property.

I’m looking to start off in the rehab side of things but ultimately open to other options.

If someone could really cover all of their expenses/advertising/dues/fees/driving around for 2% and still make enough profit to survive wouldn't it make sense that someone would step into the market and undercut?

I can't remember what weight was needed but I ultimately found it on Amazon.

Really the first step is finding a lender you trust, talking through these details more thoroughly and ultimately, getting an appraisal done.