This was not easy when I was still employed but I knew what I wanted so I made it happen at the cost of sleep and the regular things most people do with spare time.

Check your local board and state rules, but you would have a vested interest in the property so you would need to let other agents know this when calling on and showing the homes more then likely.

Finding a buyer is easy if the numbers are right, your hard part is over (finding the home).

Now i know its not as easy . 

Rule of thumb apparently being $250/door.

If I contributed more money to my 401k would it lower my overall income that is viewed by this rule and therefore I could write more off?

The hotel has been established for 15 years & the owner has showed my all of his paper work and my yearly income will be $100,00.00 easy so once I can get my foot in the door , I can easily repay my investors it's just coming up with that initial $ 125,000.00 that is my biggest hurdle at the moment .

One rule of thumb in real estate if you don't have a real estate license you are not allowed to market the house and have finder's fee.

If you're trying to stick with the 70% rule, you need to know which ARV to use in the calculations.

Rule 1:  Always use the same screening process for every.