Hello, I am new to real estate investing and I have a tentative verbal deal on a pre-market lake property that I would eventually like to make my retirement home (10 years or so).

What is a " deal flow course" ? 

How about a management company to handle all these for liability purposes.If we decide to go with a series LLC structure for our real estate investing, where should our management company (to deal with tenants, manage rent, deals with expenses, etc) will fall into?

I would not do any seller financing or lease to own deals as you don't want to end up with that home all beat up in five years on a default.Sell to cover your investment and if you can squeeze out a little more- great. 

@Justin Garrett - Your deal sounds awesome Justin!

Marketing, management, deal underwriting are all very different. 

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Its more of a screening tool so that you don't have to deeply analyze deals that likely won't cash-flow. 2.

How did you finance this deal?

I like the ability to easily invest in new construction deals throughout the country where teams are already set up in place and they are able to coach me through the strategy of how to accomplish my goals.