I know to a large extent Seller’s and Brokers are interested in your “resume” which is why a lot of people invest as LP’s or sign on as guarantors for agency debt before sponsoring their own deals.

I am an active duty service member with no debt (yet) and about $10,000 is cash to invest. 

I mainly was needing help deciding on whether to start a fund or raise equity on a deal by deal basis and where to start raising funds (HNW individuals, RIA/placement agent, Family offices, PE, Institutions) Below are my summary notes.

Hopefully as far from debt as I can get actIally haha.

The article shows that the share of homeowners with 65+ with mortgage debt has gone up from 22% in 1995 to 41% in 2016.

The main things that come to mind are as follows:1. 

The reason why I began with buy and hold was mainly for cash flow. 

It looks like I had double the debt that I actually had.

With the lack of movement in our area, it's hard to say whether its worth securing the funds to carry the property through the Winter in the hopes of the market improving in our area and us finding a buyer.Josh - Feedback on the renovations we completed has been positive, with the main suggestions being that it should be under $2m, that the ceilings are low on the ground floor (8ft) and some of the guest bedrooms are a small for the price point. 

My advice is always to pay off bad debt ahead of doing investing.