Any advice on navigating potential challenges or risks associated with alternative funding methods?

This could potentially reduce your tax burden!

But you must assess your long-term investment goals and whether the benefits of liability protection and potential tax advantages outweigh the administrative and financial costs associated with maintaining an LLC.

How can a wholesaler really provide value to you beyond just finding potential deals?

What information should I be getting from a realtor on a potential rental property? 

I don’t worry about tenants getting upset and leaving because I have a waiting list of potential tenant’s.

When eyeing multifamily investments, you’ll likely encounter two key metrics – cap rates and gross rent multipliers (GRM).At first glance, they seem similar, but there are some important differences between the two.The GRM simply divides the purchase price by the property’s total potential rental income–it doesn’t account for operating expenses.Cap rates, on the other hand, factor in both income AND expenses to give a more complete profitability picture.The main advantage of cap rates is their ability to evaluate better and compare investment returns, risks, and value.

However, if you're looking for a strong market with lower numbers, you do not have to leave the state of Georgia to find them.Areas such as Athens, Augusta, Statesboro, as well as Macon, to name a few, provide great opportunities for flipping and even higher potential for buy-and-hold strategies since all four are college towns.

Ram's plan is to pyramid up as best can during these growth years, keeping any/all profits IN the investing action, to grow maximum dividend potential for when kids start university when Ram will "flip the switch" too a DIVIDEND focus. 

As Bill mentioned, you could potentially be a coborrower for him on a cash out refinance to increase his buying power.