I am a newbie in all sense but if I can focus on trying to grasp this concept, I may have a chance at a real possibility like this sooner rather than later.Thank you all in advance who reply.Much respect,Dan Nieves

If that's a risk you're willing to take, and you also have the time and inclination to be an active investor, then purchasing it on your own will make a lot of sense. $30K will not go very far at all multifamily, so your only choice will be a single-family home.On the other hand, if the risk is not acceptable, then in exchange for paying a management fee, you can hire a much more experienced professional to handle the investment for you via syndication/crowdfunding.

It's also nice to have a general sense of which direction those rates are moving.

@David Bardwell -  Makes sense.

This, in my opinion, is what I believe will be more fulfilling for my life and it would give me a sense of accomplishment.

It makes sense to me, they want to verify the biz income. 

Painting and flooring for 1300 sqft takes time, and while I don't want to pay contractor rates to save myself some of that time, paying much less makes sense for me.

Having him fund the down payment and maybe some rehab and then leveraging the rest of the property on a mortgage would make much more sense in my opinion.

I'm looking in the KCMO market and used the average property tax rate of 1.38% in jackson county as my number for taxes(not sure if this makes sense). 

Putting Subject To's into a Trust doesn't make sense to me for a couple of reasons.