Build your skills in Due Diligence, make sure you have a solid investment package for a potential investor - give them numbers: repair estimates, After Repair Value, Comparables sale prices, Potential ROI etc

I'm thinking of places like outside of Lexington, KY where you can have lots of space, but also be a 30 minute drive to Whole Foods and Target. 

Did you know that your local office supply store sells a package of 25 Real Estate Purchase Agreements?

Of course you can probably learn all of this on youtube if/when the time comes, but  it's just food for thought.

I've had to totally gut the house because she was an inherited tenant from a package deal & a hoarder.

This person can then help you actually execute the deal while teaching you along the way:Look your deal over from top to bottom and determine if you have a "deal" (run the numbers, do local market due diligence, property due diligence, etc.)Conduct and-or participate in the negotiations  Assist with the team building process (property management selection is absolutely KEY)Create deal package/loan request package to help raise the equity and the debt (not so easy anymore)Help guide both you and the deal through the acquisitionHelp initiate and execute the business plan, working closely with the property management companyAssist/teach you how to asset manage  You can start looking for that person right here on BP.

He's very knowledgeable and can get you set up with some good packages from several sources.

Food for thought.  

Rather its the lack of benefit packages that most realty firms offer that make SEP's / Solo 401K's so necessary.

Just food for thought before you sign up for a partnership!