What got me interested in real estate is that my father began investing in commercial real estate a few years ago and after seeing his success I am ready to jump in and get started.

I personally would likely not be here if I didn’t have my father to raise me when my mother became too disabled to take care of herself or kids.

I feel like too many people here are old school and are too stubborn to ask for help, or they are so deep routed in their father's friend or their uncle who got burned in real estate that no one looks into it.

To my knowledge, that is not required in Missouri, but then again I haven't built any 4 plexes lately, just rehabbed some that might be grand fathered in. 

He said he and his wife and father in law with health problems had been renting for 8 years and the landlord was selling the place.

As we need the house so we can move in as we live currently in one room within my husband's father's house where I teach my classes online while my kids are on Zoom at the same time, we said that we are willing to forgive $25 000 rental debt and give them two extra months to leave.

My father has been in real estate sales for about 40 years and he has taught me a little bit.  

if you believe people are going to invest money with you in a blind pool, letting you choose the investments, pre fund your potentional deals before you identify them, and then allow you to use "new money" to cover "old money" loses, you are far off base.IF you are able to convince someone to invest in one of your deals (unless it's your father whose essentially giving you a gift), they are going to want to know the property their money is buying, what percent ownership they get for the money vs what you get for finding and structuring the deal, and how the profits, income, or loses are allocated.  

My father in law had a LLC in Missouri and it sounded much less costly then TN.

My father has been in the real estate market for about 40 years and he has taught me a little bit.