Thanks Robert and Michael for the responses.

I personally use US Bank [Big stable bank with Zelle capabilities], Relay [Checking and Savings 3%] and then Quickbooks [high interest rate 5%].

My next step after posting this is to reach out to a few similar hosts for the style of property I am looking to invest in and see how well they do on a personal level.

Find a group or person that can give you both education and mentoring. 

But I get it if you can invest 500.00 U certainly cant buy whole notes or secured positions with such a small amount. becomes a personal decisions make 7.5% with risk of losing it all or buy T bills for about 5% with zero risk.. its up to the individual investors.

For my personal investment journey I have done flips, buy and hold, BRRR, and wholesale.

Hey Brandon, Sorry for the delayed response to this post.

As other responses have said the build quality and builder reputation are important. 

Would a handyman be the right person to show the apt?

Lying on personal declaration forms5.