I was thinking of doing a lease with option to lease in hopes to help him earn some $$ to pay off his debt and then once all was clear, I would purchase the property from him. 

I recently earned my Real Estate license, signed on with Trade Winds Realty, and joined the Pinellas Realtor® Organization (PRO).

I would suggest the O.P. look into becoming a real estate agent if she wishes to earn fees or commissions by brokering deals between a buyer and a seller.

Having 20 units highly leveraged would provide me a place to immediately invest the chunks of capital earned from house flipping or other types of buy and sell deals.

I want to know what should I expect in terms of gross earnings$$$/unit managed as well as net earnings$$$/unit managed?

Told him my ideas and offers me to be a dog-bird for his investors to earn extra money meanwhile I work towards my goals as a rehaber. 

In other words, if your money earns 5% but the money you'd borrow is at 15% interest, then you'd essentially be saving 10% (15% minus 5% gain you'd be losing) by using your own money. 

Debt to earnings ratio and credit score are the two main factors.  

Someone also mentioned perhaps being an assistant to a high producer would be a great opportunity to Learn & Earn - I would rather make 50% of something good than 100% of nothing.

If we use the hard money loan, use the cashflow from the property, other properties we own, and our W2 earnings to refi into a conventional loan after the Hard loan expires2) Compile a list of all the leads into an excel document, and determine 1) amount of cash down required 2) ROI and then start at the top of the list and work out ways downWe are currently focusing on consistent cashflow, so we would like to avoid wholesaling at all costs.Any one out there that has used direct mailing and has received an overwhelming response care to shed light on how they went about acquiring the properties???