But to go down your points just to devil advocate you. 1) you can’t compare a hotel that is in a area zoned for a hotel versus a single family home in a neighborhood.  

Hate to dump on your parade but its better to know the facts rather than have someone blow smoke up your rear.As others stated, the market has slowed considerably, especially in the upper higher end so investors need to be very careful moving forward.

There are some who actually advocate this.Alternately, if you don’t have a lot of money, and it’s legal in your state, you might consider participating in a fractionalized loan. 

Related to #2, you need to be your own advocate with MI and insist that the home inspection precedes the window that your earnest money deposit becomes difficult to refundI'm sure there's plenty of happy investors with MI and I've heard that their service is top-notch.

Also to the handful of people I have been sending test messages to, thank you so much for letting me blow up your inboxes :)Does anyone have any recommendations for things I can do to help make this journey to finding a solid pipeline of investor partners click faster? 

The gimmick that these different "family banking" advocates use is that they get you to think that you are borrowing from yourself and paying yourself back with interest.

And you have 50 to 100k to actually buy a deal and another 25 to 50k in reserves then sure go for it. if not then your risking blowing all your money and starting over.

We have been diy all the renovation stuff, and my husband has a construction background.I'd like to be able to have each floor have control of their own temperature- both in that they'd have their own thermostats AND that one unit could kick on their heat without it blowing in the other unit, as well.

Some "expert" even advocates "refi till you die", the strategy is to have the smallest % of money down and still make it cash flow. 

Maybe I'll start a PM company there and blow the competition away. ;)Remember: cheaper doesn't mean you'll make more money.Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.