Get several flips under your belt and get a sense of what things you can do on your own.

Get some experience under your belt doing a quad, duplex or even a SFH on your own.

Also, here is a link to my personal page where 40+ investors have left reviews for me that have work with us in the past.https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/ZacharyCole/references  This should help to build your confidence in our team as well, but again, it all goes back to getting that first rental under our belts so you have some first hand experience to judge from. 

The metro area population of Montgomery in 2022 was 367,000, a 1.94% increaseResidents and large corporations are attracted to the State of Alabama's pro business climate of low taxes and Sun Belt weather.

You might need to tighten the belt and save up a larger down.

Hi @Ryan Davis,I started, fresh out of college, as an assistant to a seasoned LO, with 20 years under his belt. 

Never sell yourself short you have more properties under your belt then most people in their 30's.

I wanted to have a few under my belt so when I got to Toledo I could visit them.

Hoping to get my first property under my belt in the next 90 days. 

Thats awesome that you only started such a short time ago and have a good amount under your belt.