Also, she'll provide tips and strategies for reducing friction with tenants, how to be organized and keeping your place/clean safe in uncertain times. 

LolWhat I would suggest is that thinking of talking to your other football friends or sports agents if you know and come together to raise the money.

These investors can either be individuals who are willing to invest $50,000 or $100,000 or they can be individuals or large groups/organizations with hundreds of thousands (or millions) to invest.Investors Choose to InvestThe fourth step in the process is where investors get to make a decision.The investors will make a choice, say, Hey, do I want to invest in this deal?

Sports team example is exactly the same as a negotiation. 

The majority of programs that I've seen, in cook county also require that the participant be a non-for-profit organization or a private investor partnering with one.

Then join local real estate investment organizations, often these are free or just about free.

You will pay the CA minimum franchise tax fee of $800 on all of your in state organized LLCs and very likely to certain on all of your out of state organized LLCs.

@Norb Schneider Identify and work with a Rockstar ON-FIRE Agent and the rest will be a breeze.ON-FIRE Agent mean they are:O - Organize (The Investor-Agent must be well-organized)N - Network (The Investor-Agent must be well network with other Real Estate professionals like Lenders, Appraisers, Property Managers, Inspectors, Insurance Agent, Contractors, etc)F - Focus (The Investor-Agent MUST Focus on YOU)I - Investor/Investment-Savvy (MUST be INVESTMENT SAVVY)R - Responsive (Must Be responsive and answer your call/text)E - Experience (Must be an investor or have experience working with investors)You can find one under Network ->Real Estate Agent here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...Goodluck

If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their different staff qualifications.2.

I have no vested interest beyond my membership, but I will say the organization has helped me tremendously.