So you need to walk carefully through your first few deals to get some experience under your belt.2.

SON you want to make money in Real estate you LEARN the court house and you learn it well.and that advice served me well.. in my early years when title plants were not on line and the title companies had their plant in their office I would go in with Donuts to Bob Bounty and watch him do search's  and a few 49er tickets did not hurt either  LOL.... so by the time I was 19 ish one year of real estate under my belt I could do a title search in the big books just like an abstractor/ title examiner title officer ..

Now is the time the entire city of Atlanta is under construction, Also the belt-line, and the stadiums are doing a lot for the city   

@David Zheng How many properties would you say one should have under their belt before they would entertain the idea of transitioning to a portfolio lender?

Thank you @David Benton, @Dmitriy Fomichenko, @Casey Mericle & @George Blower for your input.

Long story short, such an arrangement would require you and the broker to have a decent number of properties under your belt to make it feasible (due to operating costs involved in running this kind of business).

I am a recently licensed real estate agent coming from hospitality with 1.5 flips under my belt.

Freddie Mac will be an option once you have a year of self employment under your belt.

Thanks @George Blower - My understanding of the solo 401k is that even with both types of contributions, the 59.5 age limit applies for withdrawal (to avoid penalty).

Is it just a matter of having more deals under your belt?