Going to bump this up...Just recently launched his "product", but I'd avoid this one too.

I joined the forum to learn how to invest in my first property and eventually launch and grow some form of a holdings and development company. 

After a long career in the financial and non-profit sectors, I am feeling led to launch into the real estate investment market.

For instance, I launched my PE to buy CRE 3 months ago, so technically I am unemployed/self-employed (so W-2) but I closed on two $3 million deals and working on closing 3rd one because bank looks are assets' risk metrics.

Also I am also now employed by a self storage operator so my opinion is probably is not objective.I was a professional sale person who "retired" on 3/31/2018 to launch the investment arm of self storage business due to my belief in the fundamentals of this asset class. 

The goal being to have one SFR and nine 4 units maximizing your loan allotment.Sell anything less than 4 units, buy three 4 units, then cash out those to launch you into the 5th+ property.

Put in the effort, build relationships, prove your value, and improve your odds of finding someone to help launch you on your path.

However, for that to happen they need to hang their licenses somewhere (I assume), because their brokerage does not want them working for someone else type thing without taking a cut.. so it starts to make since to launch my own brokerage.This is for the state of Virginia. 

Again, everyone's situation is different and we all have our own opinions on the path forward, but I believe real estate investing is a much better launching point than studying business in school, where at best you remember 10% of what you learned when it becomes applicable if its even relevant.   

However, for most start-up investors, its much more feasible and easier to gather investors in a smaller area, preferably your local area and than launch outwards from there.