New investor in need of advice and contacts

[Jose Varnadoe]

So I am looking into investing, I've been doing all kinds of research and have came to the conclusion that I am going to save up some capital and then find a hard money lender. If I knew a private lender I would go that route, but my basic plan is to get a loan do my fix and flip then take the profits and re invest them and at some point once I've made enough I can buy my first rental property and use that as passive income while I continue to flip. I am also going to acquire my real estate license so I can have access the the MLS. Any thoughts on my BASIC plan?