It's time to start the process as everyone else mentioned above.

Quote from @Cade Antonucci: I am starting to grow my rental portfolio and am looking for online alternatives to hold security deposits.

You have an excellent jump start- the VA loan is such an amazing tool to get the ball rolling.

Definitely a good start into stepping into a bigger city with you being from WA stateHey Tenzapa,Thanks for the warm welcome!

Quote from @Jackson Harris: Hey Kai'ler for our STR portfolio and what our investors do is start getting it listed on Facebook/Zillow rental/Furnish Finder/etc now as a LTR for that time period you're talking about.

So I'm interested in getting started in purchasing and running self storage facilities and want to learn more.  

Hi, good feed back, I was just talking to JOEL from Launch Financial, for some small deals in Montgomery AL. we want to start doing.Anyone that you guys can recommend for private lending for this area?

I just need help on finding a path to get my hands on the capital This sounds like an incredible opportunity, especially with your uncle's experience and willingness to help you get started.

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

I've worked with some Canadians buying  here in Ohio.Indeed, rather than selling your stocks to fund investments (and lose out on any potential price appreciation and dividend payments, as well as incurring capital gains taxes), a nice alternative is to borrow against some percentage of the holdings.You would start with the brokerage where you hold the stocks and see what their loan program looks like for the account you hold.