You wouldn't have to wait until the end of the 4 - 5 year investment period before striking out on your own if that is what you want to do, just until you're comfortable you've learned what what.Before or when making the jump to multifamily, to greatly increase your odds for success you could hire a multifamily mentor or coach. 

I may get slaughtered for taking the opposition, but I can't say no to all teachers or coaches just because they cost more.

Hi Gabrielle,Welcome to BP, this is a great website and resource for all types of real estate investing.I always recommend these 3 things to people beginning in Real Estate Investing:1) Do a lot of research here2) Do not spend a lot of money with coaches, it would be much better to put that money to work and learn from experience, I'm not against coaches or education, but you need to be careful as there are some that are really bad3) There are many real estate clubs out there, visit them, select your favorites and meet other investors working your area.

Please send me an email so that we can chat about opportunities that we are looking to buy.Congrats on the new baby on the way.I always recommend these 3 things to beginners:1) Do a lot of research here2) Do not spend a lot of money with coaches, it would be much better to put that money to work and learn from experience, I'm not against coaches or education, but you need to be careful as there are some that are really bad3) There are many real estate clubs out there, visit them, select your favorites and meet other investors working your area.

I'm an investor and RE Investing Coach specializing in wholesaling, rehab flips, disposable LLC's, tax deed land lots, multiple choice offers and, my personal favorite, seller finance rentals.

Account ClosedI coach folks one on one in real estate investing and I really want people to:Pay of all your credit card debtPay of all your student loansDo joint ventures and lease option assignments for 12 months, no banks, no credit, set a goal for $100k in 12 moGet your real estate sales licenseBuild a team of one real estate broker, one real estate contract attorney, one CPA accountantGet a LLC and a sellers website (legal zoom.com and www.oncarrot.com)Learn how to negotiate with Sellers, offering a cash offer and one or two terms offersIf you do all these things you will get a fast start

I am a behaviorist and a sports coach.  

It's usually used to describe that guy who flies into town once or twice a year and offers his weekend boot camp for $9,997 and offer his extended online extreme course & private coaching for $19,997 at the end of it. 

There are going to be a lot of people in a similar situation there so you can find friends, coaches, people to sell you deals there.

In fact my new coach is trying to get me to step back a bit because I'm super enthused.