Start attending some of the area meetups, align yourself with experienced, trusted professionals that may be willing to JV or partner with you until you are more confident and have a little more knowledge and experience under your belt. 

Meaning if I have 5 or 6 rental properties under my belt would it stop me from buying a home personally? 

Originally posted by @George Blower:@Remi OguntoyeWelcome to Bigger Pockets.  

Once you have a few properties under your belt that are successful, it is much easier to find partners willing to do bigger projects with you.Regardless of what you decide to do, realize that real estate is not a get rich quick scheme. 

It’s another tool in the tool belt so we can have as many different streams of income as possible in the future - not just one asset class.

You don't have much of any notoriety or deals under your belt at this point.

Once you get some time, and loans, under your belt, then you can look to join a brokerage that offers superior benefits and compensation. 

Its also why wholesalers are so prevalent in the low value asset world of the mid west rust belt.. 

Additionally, you have to take a RE Sales Person exam and in my state of NJ u need 75 course hours under your belt.

Lacking some of the experience I needed to jump into a project of this scale I partnered with a friend/mentor who had a handful of value add projects under his belt.