I've been meaning to do a little further research myself, so I'd appreciate your posting back as you delve into it.

You are by your own statement a newbie to the field of lease options and have read a book that has persuaded you to delve into the field.

My interests are to develop mentor investor relationships, learn about creative financing for future investments and delve more into land development geared towards multifamily housing.

I've been browsing BP for about a year and a half now and have a fairly good idea of how I want to get into deeper investing. 

so I'm delving into my first deal, I just got approved for 220k on a zero down VA loan.

Ask for deeper info such as- "we have a mentorship program"...okay, how much does it cost me per transaction, how many mentees does one mentor have at a time, what is their availability?

I’m writing a blog piece on this currently but my recommendation before you attempt to syndicate or raise money is to participate in at least 1 if not 2 Syndications as an LP.Reasons being you will essentially get paid to learn, you will build your track record, and you will be able to see what it’s like from the perspective of those you will eventually raise money for .I’ll be going deeper on these 3 but feel free to reach out if you’d like to chat further 

With Iowa being an ownership bid-down state, rather than an interest bid-down, I am not  fond of delving into the on-line auctions.

Much better deals on firsts and seller financed paper, first or seconds, these go for much deeper discounts and if you want to see your yield take a few trips around the moon, refi a discounted seller financed deal in about 45 days!

Delving deeper into Harris County, a sizeable share of the homes that were destroyed or incurred major damage is largely concentrated in just a handful of zip codes."