In my experience, once you really get rolling, aside from contractors, a good CPA and attorney are vital.

I kept rolling the profits into more properties and rolling the equity into more properties.

I’m new to the note investing space and want to start off with buying a partial note to test the waters.

One piece of advice I would recommend if you want to go FHA is getting to understand the self sufficiency test for 3 and 4 unit buildings. https://www.newcastle.loans/mortgage-guide/fha-self-sufficie... 

not saying that's you - maybe you're in a strong financial position and ready to rock and roll. 

Historical rent roll?

I'm very interested in speaking with someone in the Seattle area that can council me through rolling over funds into a solo k for real estate investment purposes. 

The primary test used to determine whether an instrument is a security is the Howey Test, which originated from the Supreme Court case SEC v.

Since the VA is updating things as we go, this allows us to easily see up to date things like outstanding balances, SREO, rent roll and equity position all in one system.

I would plan to put in a 5% down payment on the home.My goal with this is to buy a cheaper home first, fix it up, and roll equity from that for the next big house/goal "dream" home in the future.