I'm sure you'll fit right in.

By the way, they do have a mentorship program.

A few successful landlords have programs where they upgrade or refresh things in a rental even when the tenant is there.

If you can not find deals that fit the risk profile the lenders will accept expect you can not use hard money.

There can be exceptions when the seller has indicated they will only review offers that fit some specific criteria.

You could consider refinancing your primary residence using a HUD rehab loan (allows up to 97 ARV) for homeowners needing to make repairs as low as 5,000 (program will advance up to 50% of labor/materials at closing to minimize your out of pocket expense).

A master lease with an option could be one legal construct to fit what you need yet not be too involved in the property directly.I think the biggest issue will be for you to clarify in your mind the sorts of deals that would make sense.

I know a lot of investors don't like the thought of going to boot camps and buying programs off of so called real estate guros.

But in one program I had - Donald Trump real esate program - the instructor stated that he NEVER sold a property - he kept them all for residual income/passive income and net worth and constantly increasing value.

When purchase either a primary residence, second/vacation home or investment property using more then 80% financing, a borrower has two options to choose from; 1) A loan program in which the borrower pays the PMI, 2) A loan program in which the lender pays the PMI.