But it's good you are taking action there to get more knowledge.

If you ask about a city in Kansas and three agents from Kansas answer and all have some call-to-action, they have business to gain from their answer.

It's possible what you have done on your own isn't even to code or done correctly so you could be losing value if you haven't been careful.It's great that you took action.

I think the confidence to take action in a smart way is built on all of these things.

If you clear your head to the idea that it is possible to lose money, but that there are ways to mitigate the possible downsides, you will be much more likely to take action. 

That is the best course of action.

If anything else, being a side hustle investor helped me be a better agent, not vice versa.All that said - start with your short, medium, and long-term goals, map it out and then take action based on that!

I have purchased 2 properties going through a quiet title action and both times it worked great.  

I’m aware that the process of getting a conventional or a FHA loan is a bit more strenuous as a 1099 and wanted to know the best course of action I should take as I’m trying to purchase a small fixer upper multi-family investment property hopefully by 2026.

You will find many recent posts from investors who have lost all of their syndication investment, and then talk about bringing legal action against the syndicator.