How do you build a portfolio … as a newbie?

[Toby Real]

I’m a newbie here and eager to get started in real estate…

I’m self employed and looking to start flipping houses.  I know that the biggest change will be to get financed, without a W2 ( Even though I now there are programs for self-employed people but for know I’m might have to consider working with a hard money lender. 

My Question is, how do you build a portfolio?  Where is your portfolio even visible or where can people look it up, or is that just a term 

and you have to put the actually list together yourself ?