Is your $15k even enough of an emergency fund for you personally?  

Personally, I love working with distressed properties, especially foreclosures.

I would never own rental properties in my personal name.

Employees work for you and do as instructed with your oversight. 

They have a NEW TITLE AGET KIT FOR BEGINNERS accredited instruction here: (and association membership for those in the industry) https://www.alta.org/career-and-learning/webinars-and-traini...

Or if Josh is just so damn clueless that he doesn't realize (despite being told multiple times) that I am not the person whom he is in a dispute with.

@Zach Howard I am working on a how-to book on Creative Financing now (I am the author of BP's book on Mid Term Rentals) because when I was teaching myself I was frustrated at the lack of clear instruction.

Many banks limit personal loan amounts.

I also included some instructions to help. 

Your personal loan has a 5 year balloon period.