Investing without a W2

[Erik Gundersen]

Hey y'all! 

I'm about to be intentionally unemployed to pursue a career in real-estate investing.  I have a couple of assets and a 1031 exchange that I need to place and am finding lending to be tricky.  I have enough cash, if invested properly to set myself into financial freedom, however I'm running up against a possible issue with lending.  I know what most of you are going to say about the job, but it was time for me to move on :-) 

I could pay cash for assets, but my COC return goes down and I'd like to maximize my return obviously.

My goal is to get a minimum return of 7% however I can make that happen, tho according to Beardy Brandon, a base-hit is 8% for him from last nights webinar.  Maybe I'm not setting my sights high enough? 

Any advice for an intermediate investor?