From my perspective, when I started house hacking, I really enjoyed learning about all of the trades, but as you said-  it becomes harder to do all those things while building.  

Here's my situation, I was going to start a position as a project engineer this upcoming Monday with an annual salary of $72,000.

Perhaps I should start charging for my consulting time?

Start by reaching out to those bigger investors through a friendly email or message, expressing your admiration for their work and your desire to learn.

Both scenarios are great so you can't wrong unless you start negative cash-flowing on a property.

This is off topic but can some tell me how to start a topic in this forum? 

I have served across the U.S. and overseas, developing expertise in strategic mission planning, operational leadership, crisis management and strengthening global partnerships.I am now eager to meet and collab orate with business professionals to start building my real estate portfolio.

We are starting our business, and we will love to buy our first investment property in Detroit.

I feel it’s better to start building the foundation early. 

When did you start RE investing?