It involves real estate and you do have to invest money. 

The timing has to be right for BOTH you and the market you are looking to be involved in and the numbers on a specific deal have to ultimately make financial sense.  

Yes she has considered this as an option, but she already pre-qualified for the USDA loan and it fits her financial situation perfectly.

The situation you have described above does not involve either securities or people with no prior relationship.

@Raymond Lewis  I don't have any specific referrals in the space you're looking for but you can just punch in "YOUR CITY or AREA" plus "ATTORNEY" into the search window above and check out a few bios and people's past endorsements to zero in on someone that fits your ticket. 

I wouldn't get involved.

if your a beginner highly unlikely your going to get Zero money down deals.. there will be some closing cost some cost involved.. you should work on some kish up front then go shopping.. nothing spells failure quicker than under funded.

I haven’t ventured into commercial but would be open if I felt like it was a good fit.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Obviously there would be risk involved, as a lot of things can happen in 2 years.