It is our entry into real estate investing and it made sense for us financially.

There's plenty of other ways to buy real estate so you can still invest, I just think that loan product has the lowest barrier to entry and is how myself and many other investors got started.

Pencil it out and package the deal, place it under contract and find an investor to partner with.Doing this can serve as your entry to being a developer.Let me know if you need any help in making this happen for you.

The tenant said they were not comfortable with that and wanted to be home and basically refused entry. 

If the tenant refuses entry, go in with a key or serve them with an eviction.Bottom line: you need an attorney to help you get this character out, then you need a Property Manager to help keep you out of trouble.

I've always said Real Estate sales has the lowest barrier to entry with the highest potential for earning. 

The father in law sends a picture of water all over the floor in the basement (split entry type basement not a true basement) and his assessment of it.

I am a Noob in this space.Found this entry in PPM of a 50% LTV DST offering and I would like to know what this specifically means:"In connection with the acquisition of an Interest, each Investor will be treated, for tax purposes, as the borrower of his, her or its pro rata share of the Loans, expected to be equal to $82,797.68 per $100,000 Interest."

There are lots of aspect software the real estate cycle that have entry points.

We captured the equity (HELOC) and used a small portion to put 5% down on a split level single family home that had a finished basement with a bathroom (house hack ready) Just no kitchen setup just  air fryer, microwave, toaster oven and hot plate lol ..we call it the "gourmet garage" which is our main entry then there is a door from the garage to the lower level finished basement.