@Patrick Rich as @Ashish Acharya mentioned, it is possible.

Most traditional brokerages do both residential and commercial, but there are stand-alone commercial brokers who do the majority of the commercial business.

Did you save up the down payment and get traditional financing through the bank?

Secured hard money, bought and rehabbed a house, then refi'ed with traditional lending.

@Dana Revallo, as others noted, traditional loan products that will get sold to Fannie or Freddie will use the valuation an appraiser assigns, and that is almost always the sales comparison.  

I've come to terms with the fact that I'll be "rich" when I turn 59.5 but I want to start developing wealth in my younger years to potentially consider coasting or retiring early in my 50's.Thank you!

I agree that it's likely long overdue, it hasn't made sense that loan pricing has been better for second homes than for traditional investment properties.

I would buy the primary traditionally, and feel comfortable covering that expense with your income, and then using the excess cash that you got as a gift, to start your investment career.

@Rich O'Neill Thanks for your comment!

However, knowing that he will be financing the deal instead of bringing a cash offer I don’t know how I will be getting my fee at the end of the transaction.This might not be the traditional “wholesalers” situation, but I can use my skills and knowledge to be the middleman and get him a deal for lets say $100k and offer him the contract for $105k.