The Lead investor is the one finding the property, setting up management, raising money, managing repairs and upgrades, dealing with insurance, making distributions to investors and completing all the tax documents for the investors. 

You created a financial model of what you want to happen to your money and investment, but the actual process makes no sense to me at all.

The principle of a loan is a liability account (money owed) so it would go on the balance sheet.

In signing up for their service which is called "PIN" I signed their online agreement but I made sure they had a rescission period. 

There are some exceptions, but they are rare, they have access to funds, and they typically built their empire when the timing was right and got lucky.Likewise, it's not often that you can buy a house and sell it for big money six months later.

money is expensive and prices are high so if you can find something that works in a area your confortable owing then do it. if you can't find something then hold off until you can and keep saving.

Keep in mind, with hard money the down payment tends to be a bit more than traditional loans. 

I’m just not sure if my first REI should tie up my money in a long term asset (appreciation) vs investing in a quicker ROI (fix&flip, BRRRR, wholesale, or simply cashflow)The typical down payment in Denver metro for single family is around 80k (which I don’t have in liquidity).  

SinceI possess a social security number, and I am wondering if it is possible to open a new account remotely and online. 

They had the money, the will and the marketing genius to pull it off.