Because of that, I have been scouring over different online real estate sources for properties in my area, including Zillow, Trulia, and LoopNet.

You're post ends with "What Do I Do" What you should do is research from credible sources.

The seller agreed to extend a seller note at 2nd lien position and then we agreed to do that as a personal note for me only (not my Partner)He has backed out earlier today from offering any note due to some issues.Question: Is there a source that i can tap into for 100K+ funding as a personal note?

If over time you had to make decisions on how to invest your money in RE, and the source of your education was piecemeal from discussion groups and blogs, then you perfected it through trial and error, how confident would you be in the results?

If I had used it to buy only 1 source of rental income, "straight cash homie", I would have never been able to scale and take advantage of the opportunities I had at that moment.

What sources are you using to compare today’s interest rates to interest rates from recent days?

I've been in this business for quite a while, and next to referrals, social media is my second best lead source.

My background is in HR and recruiting and the idea of sourcing and screening tenants is so interesting and exciting to me!

For now, keep your finger on the pulse and get info from various sources to make your predictions.

Glad this isn't our only income source.