Growing business with networking is a wonderful opportunity, but with no experience in the RE space in the Triangle, I'd recommend you spend all of your time learning the market with this much runway.

@James Sillshere is a plan for you1. stay in whatever job you can make the most money in2. go to RE meetups and build a network3. save up enough to house hack, then house hackgood luck

Join local FB groups for RE investors as well, there are one off events posted on those often enough. 

Honestly, I'd sell the condos and start a RE company that buys, rehabs, holds the 2 - 4 stuff and flips any SFH that has a project cost less than 72.5% of the ARV.I've closed financing for about 4 condo deals in my life. 

Also interestingly re: ranking, I've been struggling with VRBO ranking in the last 6 months.  

Ha! 

Or figure out how projects are developed and get one "most of the way" (land leased, site planned, permitted, power purchase agreement signed) and then sell the deal to a big developer.My perspective: My W2 for the last 8 years is environmental and development consulting for oil & gas, renewables generation, transmission, and commercial RE development.

The only use case I know of for SBA-backed loans to finance real estate is when a non-RE business owner-occupies at least 51% of the property, such as an attorney firm buying the office building where their office is and leasing out the units they don't use. 

In CA the notaries want thumb prints not just for RE related but I believe everything and going back at least 15 years.  

I picked RE because I had a lot of practical knowledge and experience that I thought I could leverage to add value to my purchases.