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I am starting out later in life (age 50) and looking to have some passive cash flow and hoping for appreciation over time. 

There is not good answer to your question. 

Any other ways - legal zoom, etc? 

For example incase iIf you identify an asset in the market that already has a realtor representation on both the buyer and seller side, do you reserve the right to proceed with the deal independently, or do you have to bring in your realtor? 

In 2021, we built a home in Lake County, FL for $180K, that same home today costs $250K to build.Why are home prices so high?

It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

However, this is the first property I plan to manage myself. 

Had to respond to that great first sentence!  

There are a few ways to go about structuring the financing to help leverage some capital.