Eliminate debt, establish a budget, and save.

What makes it tough in the beginning is your rental income is not established so you need to be able to handle the debt not using rental income. 

The only exceptions I can think of are a lack of experience frustrating your financing process or where the GC has such a well established brand that a buyer will pay a premium for a home built or renovated by that particular contractor.

Establish a credit profile, credit score, and opportunity to apply for advanced credit/ OPM "other peoples’ money" to leverage for even more deals"So, really, you're paying $1K more to going Pace's Training because it already includes Prime's Corporate Credit Coaching.

Specifically, some of the deals I'm considering come from established turnkey companies (very reputable in these forums) that have been around for a long time and they claim very long tenancy terms. 

Long term buy and hold RE in good locations is probably one of the lowest risk investment vehicles IMO, similar to blue chip aristocrat stocks except even less risky because even long-established companies can go out of business but real estate very, very rarely ever goes to zero. 

This way, you can learn the ropes before tackling a larger property.Also, when investing out-of-state, make sure you establish your Core 4 Real Estate team.

Than AFTER that base-line cleanup action is done which part of it is to establish access for all others, than things get into the next lower level of details. 

In regard to the best interest rates, the market is pretty fragmented so it's best to check around wherever you are looking to establish your foot print. 

ONe flip I financed for them in Winter Park CO. my client made 120 k on it in 45 days with NONE of their own money I funded 100% which is what I do for my very good established clients. 4.