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 term “transient accommodation uses” includes but is not limited to hotels, motels, recreationalvehicle parks, tourist lodging facilities, resort condominiums, resort dwellings, vacation resorts, and dwelling units occupied or available foroccupancy on an interval ownership or “time share” basis, when any of the above are made available for occupancy more than three times in anyconsecutive 365‐day period and the right of occupancy is for a term less than monthly.The term “transient accommodation uses” does not include any of the following uses if such use otherwise complies with the applicablerequirements of the City and is licensed by the State of Florida, if such licensing is required by law: bed and breakfast homes, community residentialhomes, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities for persons with drug, alcohol, or physical impairments, respite care facilities for persons withterminal illnesses and their families, short‐term/emergency housing or long term housing where allowed by this chapter, and child foster homes.The term “transient accommodation uses” does not include a guest house dwelling, when one or both of the sleeping rooms are located as apermitted accessory use within and incidental to the primary residential structure and the primary residential structure is owned by a naturalperson and occupied by the owner.

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.

Thank you Lane, and thank you Brad.As far as a business plan goes, I would like to start with single family homes or condominiums.

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.   

I also checked out Belize and decided to add to the number of condominiums I owned in Cancun Mexico in stead.

She then emailed me some documents to fill out, to further explain what we discussed on the phone, but I fear I'll it wont be enough, and once again I'll be denied.My goal here in my beginner stages is to invest in small multifamily dwelling rentals and eventually ramp up to larger condominium investments (20-50 units).I'd really prefer to get some type of traditional bank financing for my first deal, I have the steady pay, credit score and and DTI to receive it but that work history issue seems to be a killer for me.Now that I've been denied, Its really put a fire in my belly.