You have to know exactly who you are sending these mailers to, be extremely intentional.

however, i do think "buy a house" reflects intent... just as intent and trend of real estate speculation during the hype (bubble) can be reflected in the term "real estate investing"..

But if that's your intention look to the future.

I guess the big question is is it possible to get a loan for less than 20% on a second property with the intentions of flipping?

However, your company has the liability to pay as agreed, so if you do the project in a seperate LLC, you're not personally liable unless you do those bad boy things under which case you can't write yourself out of acting without liability for intentional acts.

Just a heads up for anybody interested, If your sole intention is to be able to borrower against a solo 401k, the best and only option from the major brokerages seems to be ETrade.

Yep, keep in mind a score is a computer trying to judge your ability and intent to repay additional debt.

So my intention is to explore the possibility. 

My intention is to build a sizeable portfolio of "buy and hold" properties that would one day grant me financial freedom.

Our intent is to reenter the real estate business, probably focusing on mid- to up-market rehabs and teardowns.