Slowed down for me as I transitioned from sales to working Remote and moving into our first home together (no not a house hack), which provided me the ability to be with my wife and future family more regularly than traveling the Western 13 states for the past two years.

Sorry for not replying sooner; between a recent move and focusing on a career transition, I hadn't seen your post. 

I'm currently an Engineer by trade, working 3 nights per week, so I will use my days to work as an REA until I make the full transition. 

@Bryan Hiyas, I have provided funding on many double closings handled by @Shannon Wright  I can vouch for her; she knows how to make the closing go very smoothly.

I hope it went smoothly and you were able to get solid returns. 

Listen to Real Estate podcasts (BP included) and buy/rent from the library some books to give you a glimpse into some of the questions and answers you may have not even considered up to this point.I hope your first rental goes smoothly!

Again, I'd like to reiterate--and this is something I've been struggling in transition with myself.

To me it's just semantics...I'm not too worried about what they call me as long as I focus on keeping my business running smoothly,  In my opinion, you have a good newbie "problem" on your hands...I anticipate the problems get worse as time goes on :)  Good luck on your journey!

The mere fact that I was documenting everything convinced the broker I was serious & it made things go smoothly.

Im in a similar situation with a municipality, but if you are able to cover health insurance through the service, that makes the transition out of the traditional W-2 much more feasible and also covers all of your bases.