I like the idea of going to the local REI's and networking obviously, but was wondering if anyone has had a successful approach to breaching this sort of arrangement.  

Northern California... trees can be huge with yields of 100k NET per acre. 3. western red cedar  hi price lower volume per acre grows in the watersheds of ORegon WA BC4. tie between old growth Yellow pine east slope of cascades and  J log  prime doug fir WA OR BC    I have taken 400k net dollars off of 10 acres of prime growing ground in Oregon.. that's 400k in my jeans in 5 working days.5. all the other lesser sorts of doug fir and pine..

I am Genuinely looking for a house to live but I need some skin in the game to start RE investing,If its a deal done right, Personally I think this is a tactical entry.

@William Brown  there are all sorts of those lenders just post money wanted on BP  Linkdyn or facebook .. you might have to go to 2 or 3 % though but they will do 100%  and they only require you to say your going to pay them back.. and of course they may want an unrefundable up front fee that will of course be credited back when you take down the first 100 million

If you want any sort of consistency you're going to need to get your volume up.

I would like to think of a way to make this work with a few out of state investors, maybe a type of skin in the game arrangement, I think that is what local PM lack, they are not investors, only business owners.Be happy to talk if you like.Pete

One of those things is forming some sort of corporation or a LLC.  

If managing myself what sort of tips for background checks, rent collection, legal advice should I line up?

What sort of legal structure did you set up (if any)?

4) Time frame for borrowing money 5) Cash/Collateral to put in (your skin in the game)- Also they'll look for your experience level.