He provided great guidance and support while I was starting out in the "private capital" space which has allowed me to achieve financials prosperity in just 4 short years. 

I wouldn't even waste money on it. my friend has had astroblaster since it started early 23' and in the hole with no success yet.

So, with a mix of retail and residential, I'd recommend something in the middle is a good starting point.

Maybe start with adding 1 more property instead of 3.

Many newer investors have to start somewhere and older more-beat-up homes are cheaper and can help someone get their foot in the door.As for appreciation, this too is location dependent.

This was months ago and family member has lawyered up to see what’s going on we did continue working until we ran out of credit card figuring once the money is released we could just pay off the cards but the money is still on hold Back in October we decided that money does not exist and started applying for hard money loan/speaking to lenders and have gotten nowhere.

I personally have no connections with anyone who is involved in this niche and I'm wondering how other people have started their journey.

We are starting to explore options for buying his shares to eliminate him as a risk and a roadblock but still have funds leftover for growth.

Courses and webinars are great if you're getting basic information to help start you off, but you'll never truly retain the information if you don't apply it.

When starting out it’s a pretty good deal for someone lend you all the money and you give them 50% of the profits.