Question I have is if my employer has a matching 401K plan (which they do) can I fund my Solo 401K account with those pre tax dollars or does the employer typically make you use whomever they already have set up to do it (in my case Fidelity)?

So, that part of the story matches my experience.

I wanted to see neighborhoods in person, and I'm really glad I did, I have a much better sense of the market now, but it was great how closely a google walk down the street matched what I saw.

I checked out houses that he sent to me that matched my parameters, looking every day; and at the same time we got conventional financing lined up with a local community bank...the Realtor suggested the lender.

I would like to match my income from the bank with real estate and my business in 2 years.

There are three distinct types of knowledge you needHow to do deals, wholesaling, rehabing, lease options etcHow to evaluate dealsKnowing your marketYou only need to know how to do 1 type of deal to move forward.

speaking of that, what's your work situation with their match on the 401k?

I was having trouble understanding how to calculate it when there are distinct discrepancies, like extra acreage, or a swimming pool, etc?

The early returns match up against the forecast returns.

If it were me, I'd def. do the 401k up to the match at least.