I always research the local market, compare properties, estimate expenses, and build a reserve fund.

But he stuck with me I had a 1 mil credit line that they kept in place so I could make money it was on 90 day extensions for 3 years :( but if they had not done that I would have had to give them the keys back on a few commercial buildings I ate 250k negative cash flow on those buildings to make sure the bank got all their money..

Before you build a pipeline you have to get your experience in sales conversion and knowing how to find the right product for any client you may encounter. 

I was looking at nyc buildings website for basement dwelling.I saw the conditions but were confused by 3rd and last bullet (see below).

Build a relationship with a banker from your home bank.

Hey everyone,I’m diving into multi-family real estate in Los Angeles and California and looking to connect with like-minded people as I build my portfolio.

Best way to scale and build wealth is to 1031 exchange and I can help show you examples here in KC. 

You cannot get any meaningful answers until you specify what is your "side gig", how much money it's going to bring and how much expenses it's going to incur, and what kind of expenses.And, as a rule of thumb, unless you clear $50k after all expenses, you probably will not benefit from any entities tax-wise. 

You need to both build up cash and also a career.2.  

I wonder if you could find someone or an institution that is bullish on bitcoin also that would loan you 3MM for the purchase of the building with 1MM of it being "traded" across for your bitcoin and the remaining 2MM being collateralized by the property.