I do not think tying up most of your liquidity in property is a good idea. stay diversified.From the bank’s point of view, I’m a riskier borrower as an entrepreneur compared to a W2 earner.

I liked the real estate version of E-Myth book as a cheerleader overview for being an entrepreneur neur. 

But that's not what entrepreneurs are in business for.

One of the problems with the education system in the US is that they teach kids to get an education and get a job - they do not talk about being an entrepreneur - get a JOB - why ---- when there is so much money to be made by being an entrepreneur - working your own hours - doing what you like to do - working for yourself - having fun and knowing that you can make money using systems and your creativity -Many years ago as a real estate agent and wanting to be an investor - I soon discovered that the gate keepers (those working at a JOB) wanted to STOP ME from earning profits - so I invented and still use a system called Control and Roll (Bigger Pockets - I am telling not selling - please don't delete this post)Basically I use a Power Prospecting System to unearth real estate equities (also known as wholesaling), advertising the property for 3 weeks and selling (ASSIGN) it for all cash, fast settlement and in  "as is" condition - using the auction method of marketing.Kelli - I feel your pain - I understand your frustration - stick with it and ignore the negative relatives and the gate keeps  - flip properties until you have enough money saved to build a real estate portfolio. 

Based on this, I just read this article by a very successful entrepreneur that fits along my approach as well and wanted to share it as it has great applications to real estate investing-hope this helps those with beg dreams understand it is really not through quantum leaps but hard work and persistence that you continue to "get rich slowly".http://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/do-you-want-to-be-truly-rich-what-i-learned-from-a-weekend-with-a-multi-milliona.html

Hi I'm introducing my self I'm Tricie living in Saint Petersburg,Florida and I'm into assigning my low ball deal contracts to all fast cash buyers/investors/wholesalers and have hard money loan or proof of funds  is needed in various areas I'm doing business at.I also need transactional funding lender,more female entrepreneurs to do business with ,networking but not limited to anyone else 

I make a decent income, just short of 50K a year, but have been tired of it for a while and wanted to get out on my own as an entrepreneur however I could never figure out what I wanted to do or how I would get started.

I agree with additional housing and travel expenses, but I am a self employed entrepreneur who travels constantly and I have friends/work options in almost every major city, so I am not too worried with those costs.

But, I don't know (or have read about) any entrepreneurs that have not worked on the ground level of the business.

There are 3 other folks, who are great friends, and who, by simply being present in my life, cause my growth, as a person, and an entrepreneur.