It is that easy to gain more knowledge and be more skilled when it comes to the real estate industry.

The real estate industry is one of the most competitive industries out there today and as the market fluctuates, the competition gets tougher.

Folks have landed great jobs because the right person left the right job at the right time, opening the door for them... my point being, if you forget the real estate game, you may miss the opportunity to get in that would be the right time for you. 

@Edward R.Being in the window industry, most distributors won't deal with regular customers like you.

UNLESS you have a large amount of liquid assets available in the event you need them, but still the long game wins.Best of Luck.

However, I would really like it if a lender could use my brokerage account as my “skin-in-the-game”, vs putting 10-30% down on the deal in cash.

these are called low value assets and low balance loans.. its a widely known fact in the standard mortgage industry that these are the highest risk.it cost as much to foreclose on a 40k loan as a 400k loan.. there Is no money.. and those properties tend to be in less desirable areas or flat out war zones or worst area of a city..

I graduated college last year, and have a full time position in the financial services industry, which is helping me pay down student loans, mortgage, bills, etc, but I am comfortable with where I am at financially.I have found a few people who are as hungry as I am to get into real estate, and we are thinking of forming an LLC.

I think it's because I've been built for this industry.

I've been at this game for a while now, and I'm looking to start to build my portfolio as well as leave less money on the table by doing some fix & flip deals myself.Anyway, that's about it.