If career goes as expected over next ~5 years, this will be income floor, with average/ceiling being much higher.Assets: $70k investments (primarily retirement accounts), $50k savings account.Timeline: I like this area, and am committed to my role/team/company.

If career goes as expected over next ~5 years, this will be income floor, with average/ceiling being much higher.Assets: $70k investments (primarily retirement accounts), $50k savings account.Timeline: I like this area, and am committed to my role/team/company.

If career goes as expected over next ~5 years, this will be income floor, with average/ceiling being much higher.Assets: $70k investments (primarily retirement accounts), $50k savings account.Timeline: I like this area, and am committed to my role/team/company.

I would research creative financing and network around that, flipping homes (if that interests you), or saving or earning as much as you can right now.  

The more people you talk to about RE, help out generally, and befriend, the faster your career will accelerate. 

Is earning an extra 10% worth spending a little more of your time on your real estate each month?

I live and work overseas (rent free) so it's like my career is built to allow people to leverage real estate investing for wealth building purposes.

Fannie Mae generally requires lenders to obtain a two-year history of the borrower’s prior earnings as a means of demonstrating the likelihood that the income will continue to be received.However, a person who has a shorter history of self-employment — 12 to 24 months — may be considered, as long as the borrower’s most recent signed federal income tax returns reflect the receipt of such income as the same (or greater) level in a field that provides the same products or services as the current business or in an occupation in which he or she had similar responsibilities to those undertaken in connection with the current business.

I am still learning and would like to know what strategies did you implement to get your career started as soon as possible?

(before this job I worked two jobs for 6 mo each, same career, before that, college).Would I qualify for a $250,000 mortgage for a 4-plex that I'd like to house hack.Is there anyway around the whole "must live in the house for one year"?