There are fees associated with going to Real Estate school, obtaining your license, joining the board and MLS for your area, getting proper E&O insurance and so forth. 

I am a licensed realtor based in Atlanta, Georgia, and I am currently working on obtaining my mortgage origination license.

I was hoping someone might have some experience in this market to know how challenging the process would be to obtain the permit.Thanks for your input!

Then any rental income you could obtain from that property could be used as an income source for loan pre-qualification.

Quote from @Michael Ewers: Hey y'all, Wondering what is the best marketing strategy for obtaining off market leads?

Sell the home to whoever your target tenant will be - modern, sleek, urban, renovated, bright/spacious; then sell the location - not whether they have a bank account or need a 7/11 - just that it is located to 'dining, entertainment, shopping, more.' 

At one point I was told I could obtain funding (non-conforming was the term that was used) with 12 months of bank statements.My question is what would make me more appealing to a lender; should I continue with 1099 work or go to W2??

Unless your team can put in 10% of the total money raised, you will have trouble obtaining financing. 

Most of the ultra wealthy individuals sacrifice a lot to obtain their wealth, and I won’t make those same sacrifices.Similarly, I don’t desire to have 5% body fat because I don’t want to put in the effort required for it.I understand that ultra wealthy is subjective, but the main point stands. 

In other words - if you do not cashout refi either the new property after rehab or the existing rental, then where will you obtain $100k cash to pay off the heloc?