You have a freelance job and you can qualify as REP I sharing this from my personal experience.

But would love to hear some of your Advice and / or Experience anyone has had as they've gone down this investing journey!

It’s also an excellent opportunity to gain property management experience.

They have little to no experience!

Mortgage Broker/ Bank/ Hard Money Lender – Someone that has experience working with other investors.

Quote from @Burke Atkerson: With over a decade of real estate investing experience and over 100 flips, I now provide private money & hard money loans.

I do NOT have enough knowledge or experience in this arena to provide specific “how to” accomplish this, or even to provide specific”proof” of my position.  

My experiences were a couple of years ago and I was originally told the appraisal had been assigned and the rate would be $780 but then later I was told that appraiser was cancelled and they'd found someone else who it was assigned it for $935.

This sounds like an incredible learning experience!

Same experiences as above....great product with very helpful customer service and they always seem to be adding new features.