And the size deals you do will determine which brokerages you will likely connect with.

Size is what dictates this.

Concerning loan size, if you scroll through recent posts there's probably 2 or 3 a week with people asking about lender terms, rates etc only to later disclose that they're trying to purchase properties for 40K and 15K rehab which is below many lenders minimum loan sizes.

Small multi-family is good With goal of getting to larger size as quickly as possible as scale will help make life easier (think self-managing vs property manager managing).  

They had charts, they had indicators, they had confidence galore that the end of the bull market was nigh.

Now you're looking at a combined $300-400k equity and you can buy a nice size building/complex.

We bought an old 1 bed 1 mini-sized bath Lake house & literally gutted/rehabbed it into 4 beds 2.5 baths.

It changes a lot by size of the place, how bad it is and location. 

Purchase price: $169,000 Cash invested: $13,000 A beautiful 3 Bed 2 Bath home on a good size property.

The deal size you are looking at is so small that it can't pay for you make regular trips to check on your property, so you'll be relying solely on the team you have chosen to work with.You need to define your goals and make sure they align with your partners'.