From what I've seen, most folks seem to go with a combination of direct employees and outside specialists.I would ask the GC and maybe the architect for their thoughts.

While we are not able to support full-time employees yet...we ARE looking to grow/train some part-time acquisitions/dispositions specialist.

Property I LLC is manager managed by Blue Capital LLC which is manager managed by me and I may hire employees etc.Management fees such as 1% asset management fees of rents, 1% acquisition fee and 1% disposition fee is paid to Blue Capital LLC.After a 6% preferred return for example is paid to investors and additional 80% of rents is paid to them then 20% paid to me as in individual not to Blue Capital LLC as I am the sponsor in the deal.Do I keep doing this structure till like let’s say Blue Capital has like $millions of dollars in AUM (assets under management) then I have a track record and last deal results to raise a fund plus previous investors? 

I live in a small town and good contractors are tough to find.

Hi @Lisa SlussThat’s a tough one, but I think you’re on the right track.

I'm one of the rare ones that continues to spend time on the boards when I should be working on my new management agreement, two new employees, new web site, news article, trade show materials, and 57 other things that went neglected while I typed this response. ;) 

I’ve enjoyed talking to folks that are already involved in real estate, but it’s been tough to be wise open about it.

Always let people in a tough situation you are there and interested, they may take awhile, but will generally take you up on your offer if you are serious.

This is tough, If this was my property.

This isn't a political discussion forum, so I'm not going to opine with my personal political opinion, but that seems like a tough sell to the American voter.The other option is to get rid of such hard-and-fast DTI rules, and let markets sort themselves out (65% DTI, with a compensating factor of 10 years of monthly payments in a savings account left over after the down payment?