. - ideally every operator is sound at all aspects of being an operator, but there are operators who are outstanding at the operational side that are a bit lacking on the communication side.  

I am from Dallas so I am familiar what areas would be considered "ideal".

Credit scores are a reflection of someone's ability to learning and understanding the rules of the game and haveing the discipline to play by them.If you already have good credit, already pay everything on time (autopay), then increaseing your limits will probably help you the most, because it gets your utilization down, ideally under 10%.Higher hanging fruits are average credit and account age (just have to wait for that I guess) and inquiries, which are sometimes unavoidable as real estate investors.  

In my ideal scenario, I would do some more entry level projects to start off while I learn the ins and outs, but my goal would be to eventually work on more luxury flips - larger scaled projects in more desirable neighborhoods (though fewer and farther between).  

Ideally tho it good to have at least 6 months of reserves in terms of overall mortgage payments.

You can always tap into HELOC for a safety net in the short term (not ideal) but there if you need it!

Quote from @Rod Merriweather: Thanks everyone, Ideally I’d just like a LOC & to use my property for collateral.

Any "strategies" to invest quicker than having the money to invest aren't going to be ideal for you.

That's not ideal but it's manageable with travel nurses and other MTR tenants we'll be targetting.Thanks for the data @Eric Fernwood.

Ideally avoiding capital gains tax, we've owned it for more than 5 yrs & lived there the whole time.