At one time, I had a job that involves traveling 90% of the time, and even if the landlord provides the bills, splits it evenly, it does not take into consideration that I'm not even there using it.

I have been on the bigger pockets website for quite some time, but I am finally getting involved. 

@Ashish AcharyaIf you believe there're no arguments on this forum, you clearly did not follow the recent, ahem, discussions about asset protection with certain highly opinionated attorneys involved. :) I was there, too.

Did you even involve a lawyer in th epartnership agreement. 

Some deals will allow you in with only 50,000 but if you have no money I am not sure how you get involved.  

But you can decide to take more or less risk with those variables.If you plan to grow past a certain point it will almost certainly involve commercial financing so it's not really a question of whether to use it but more of how you use the different products available. 

Try checking out typtap.com where you can get pricing on flood insurance with only a few clicks and don't even need to involve insurance agents.

(again expensive as pets and multiple people/rooms involved)  Do you ask them to file a claim on their rental insurance for meals/stay?

Living on a passive income isn't my only reason for wanting to be involved in the investment world because I've always been interested in real estate and will most likely also try my hand at being an agent at some point.

Part of my strategy for growing my rental portfolio involves having them financed and paying the mortgage back with the rental income.