I have $70K of my own money I can use as a down-payment, but am looking for someone to finance the rest ($280K) as I'm a real estate agent and am having difficulty securing a loan from a traditional bank in a timely matter.

The real savings and benefits come when you're purchasing an existing LLC or corporation that already holds the property, rather than forming a new entity and buying the property directly.

This will be important for tax purposes and overall financial management.If you're feeling overwhelmed at the end of all this, consider hiring a property manager or consulting with a real estate attorney who can guide you through the process and handle any legal concerns.

Posters will chime in on recommended strategy but real estate is extremely localized and the fundamentals of the real estate in any given market are what should be dictating your investment strategy not arbitrarily deciding to buy single family homes vs. duplexes. 

I don't know if I would move just for real estate. 

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They are more of a small hospitality company than a long term, tenant occupied, rental would be.So it really depends heavily on the attractiveness of the area and the competition.

Learning things like the real estate vocabulary, sales scripts/tonality/processes, KPI's, acquisitions, evaluating deals, etc.

I am very new to this whole real estate world, and would not even know where to start when it comes to this type of financing.

I’m ready to jump into the real estate game but I don’t know where to start.