I guess our general question is: does joint ownership with eligible VA Loan participants, good credit, low debt give us more purchasing power?

Private lenders who you have not worked with will likely want you to participate in the funding unless it’s family or friends.  

You might search the curricula of real estate masters programs to see what texts they use, or search within the Urban Land Institute publishing arm. 

Hard Money is not available at these types of institutions.  

So even though the other person isn't on title, they need to sign documents and participate in a sale. 

I'll probably couple the request with a line of credit request from them for pursuit costs and possibly some other things, but for the purposes of this thread let's assume that the principal value center they'll be providing is being a guarantor for debt that may be hard to obtain for larger projects absent their participation. 

I've been at a Boutique brokerage one of my buddies from high school started up and it's been great, don't really have time to participate in the networking or training stuff cause of my full time job but my broker and office manager have been super responsive and are always available when I have a question/issue.

I am new to real estate investing in the Columbus, Ohio area and would like to connect with a realtor and financial institution(s) to assist with the purchase of my first investment property.

I am new to real estate investing in the Columbus, Ohio area and would like to connect with a realtor and financial institution(s) to assist with the purchase of my first investment property.

I noticed large MF > 10 units is more reserved to institutions and professional Real Estate/syndication.