The other suggestion would be to buy the real estate in your Ira where your DTI is not considered when the Ira establishes a non recourse loan.

You can pay cash.Seriously, it doesn't take too long to establish a credit score.

I'd echo what @Evan Polaski said about being careful to not just copy something you've already seen.But once you have your content and structure established, I'd recommend going to a template site like Envato to find a presentation template you can use.

Regulations are expected in the future.

Even before COVID-19 came onto the scene, it has been a prevailing theme over the last year or two that cities and states are pushing more laws limiting the abilities of landlords to collect rent, evict tenants who don't pay, renovation and increase rents, and other regulations regarding how their business is operated. 

You aren't aware, that providing financing to an occupant was one of the fucuses of bank re regulation legislation Dodd Frank. 

So go ahead and get established, but start networking and continue learning. 

For me the idea is to be an investor with integrity and work with other investors with integrity, so hopefully if another investor sees me bringing a decent deal to them, their first thought will not be to immediately cut me out of the deal so we can establish what I like to call a ‘business relationship’.I understand the benefits of being a licensed real estate agent and have definitely heard pros and cons to being licensed as an investor.

In the end... moratoriums will open up a whole new world of establishing more stringent tenant criteria and move-in requirements such as ACH pre-authorizations, etc. etc. which will only elevate a LL's security but will unfortunately result in a tenant vs. tenant situation soon afterwards for a long time to come.  

Tens of thousands of dollars.Syndications are regulated by the SEC and you must be very careful to follow all the rules.If you have little (or no) experience, who is going to give you tens (or hundreds) of thousands of dollars?