$20K is more than enough to buy one property a year in my area with 15/20/30 yr fixed loan with 20% down and cosmetic rehab prior to renting.I’m going to assume answers will vary depending on personal investment philosophies and where people conduct real estate activities globally.

Down payments vary by hard money lender but figure 10-20%.

The agent will plug in the details of your home into an estimating program from the company to come up with the limit that you need to insure it for with that company (it can vary by company).

Figured that would be enough second, you have cash flow, ~250 bucks a month if you buy rightyou get the tax benefits of mortgage interest deduction and depreciationand you have 100% of your funds back in your pocket. this process doesn't scale well, but it's incredible lucrative and efficient. also, the details matter here so those numbers are subject to vary, this example is pretty much exactly what I do though. 

In addition, the quality of tenants will vary regardless of if you do a great job screening.

For future reference;If you include on your closing statements (which vary state to state - HUD-1/ALTA statement ) the renovation costs - and have them charged at closing......

Rentometer varies widely, but does give you an idea what has rented the past year and if you're asking rent is in range.

We are planning on doing this in the near future and have read varying things on if a Self Directed Account can own a different share of something than the % equity they bring to the deal.

However the outside liability varies greatly.

First the laws vary by state.