My long term dream plan is to start with multi-family rental properties, as that grows I would like to help cut costs by maybe starting my own property management company, also do syndicated deals, set up a real estate brokerage, really just in general ways that I can keep expanding is I grow into multiple areas and different businesses the real estate has to offer. 

Carefully understand the rules of your local housing authority.  

As long as the maintenance was taken care of within a reasonable time frame and complied with landlord laws then you should never lower the rent or take partial payments.

Take care!

I agree 100%—— I just had a DOOMSDAY investor saying the market is going to crash and burn next yr, and wanted to cut my fee’s because his bank raised his interest rate to 6%.

He had a deal with the previous owner where he cuts the lawn every now and then and does some snow removal on the property.

There is nothing wrong with that model, it's a win-win for both as long as both sides have integrity, the proper expertise, and the active partner is treating the JV's funds with utmost care.  

They probably won't take that big of a price cut if the house was just listed.

Private money, hard lenders, or banks I don't really care where I go but like to use lenders who keep the ball rolling with me and even help with structure of the lending.

Unfortunately, we are purchasing a property in a new area with a new agent who does not seem to care whether we close this month on this property or in the future on another property, so we are not getting a lot of information from her.