Reality - 95% of home buyers won’t be able to navigate through legal issues and liabilities involved in buying or selling a property, fully understand contract language, disclosures, title reports, inspection reports, etc., etc.

Anyone with any experience in developing similar projects, financing, navigating the regulatory environment, etc.

Navigate through it and learn how to best use the site.

A great book to help you navigate how to set quickbooks up that is still relevant is "Contractor's Guide to Quickbooks 2015" Yes, 2015, but it's still quite good.  

Or if not you can always add/install a panic room loaded with survival supplies and weaponry if you're convinced the bad guys will eventually come and get ya.Nothing wrong with the sailboat idea either if you like sailing and have a pretty good idea how to navigate it.

All the big banks have a team that do this, though you may have to navigate around to find the right team.

I am confident that I have skills around navigating complexity, especially when there's a lot of emotions attached to it, since that's what happens in my counseling sessions.My plan is to continue reading articles, watching YouTube videos, and practicing with my business partner.

I won't need help navigating the offer/contract/closing/etc process.  

You need a good broker that can help you navigate the different lenders and their requirements.Question 2: Will I need to make a down payment to get the mortgage and pull my cash back out plus 20% more to give me more cash flow for future investments? 

I was reading a few pages this morning in a book (Real Estate Rain Maker) and it stated that a survey was taken a few years ago and found that 16% of people found some ones website through search engines, 18% found sites through strategic links but 66%[/b] of people found sites through direct navigation(business cards,flyers, t-shirts, postcards).