When I started out, I would max out a credit card, then transfer that to another card with a 0% promo fee, and eat the finance charge, then pay that off before the offer ended.

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Splitting profits is certainly going to eat into your earnings and I'm sure the newer investors will need a lot more of your time than an experienced investor but it'd be a way to grow without having to come up with capital. 

I charge them to add/remove animals and horses, convert to a month-to-month lease, etc.

They don’t want to eat teh repair when I say I didn’t approve it.

Which we tore out.Railroad companies are a special animal. 

Tougher to flip but not impossible, the renovation costs on some of the older structures eat into profit. 

I had long term rentals for 8 years before doing airbnb, it is a completely different animal.

Later that same day we get an email stating that their cat is now an emotional support animal.

You could try a private money lender but they’d still probably require a down payment and the interest would be much higher, definitely would eat into your bottom line.