This has nothing to do with real estate experience. 

I started at age 20, dead broke with no experience but hungry with lots of time on my hands. 

If it is a heavy rehab you'll need experience to get a fix n flip loan on it.What kind if real estate exp do you bring?

Credit Unions are pretty great, as in my experience, commercial loan renewals tend to be automatic.

I recall looking up their LLC in Florida, even though some documents mentioned California.If you’ve had any interactions with these people, please reply below and let us know your experience.

The investors with the most units and most experience could just as likely be in flip flops and a Jimmy Buffett shirt as jeans and a polo.

.- Working a W2 as a firefighter, posting and consuming content- Leaving my W2 to dive deep into real estate investing and working as an agent... and still watching/posting content all while business was ok - Deleting social media apps (one have one on my phone that I use 10 minutes or less a day), diving deep into building my business and skills which have drastically increased due to pure focus and increasing my business significantly- moral of the story... focus on the things you need to do in business (dollar productive activities) and life experiences while reducing consumption will increase your success  

Has anyone had a similar experience?

@Jonathan Blanco, I'm and investor and a licensed mortgage broker so I've been on both sides of this conversation.I would look for a lender that (1) listens to you and understands your strategy and needs (hint: it's not always money), (2) has experience working with clients executing your strategy and brings more to the table than just cash - be it advice, relationships, deal-team partners, etc., (3) gives you viable options and explains the pros and cons of each option and (4) you enjoy interacting with - this should be a relationship, not a transaction.Once you find a few lenders like this (and you should have relationships with more than one), then you can start comparing rates and fees.

Those chasing the last 5yrs experience are going to be rather sad at what the next 5yrs hold for them I think.