I honestly wish I could keep about 75% of every home we sell but unfortunately I am tapped out on available loans ( though I can get non conventional ones ) and there is also a limit on the amount of money I have. 

If you have an extensive network of friends, family, business colleagues, neighbors etc to tap into, then you might make decent money in the first year.If I were you I'd definitively keep the job, for 2 main reasons: real estate isn't glamorous like it is on TV and as James mentioned most people quit, and realistically in the first year you won't be very busy unless you do time intensive stuff such as cold calling / door knocking etc.Trust me, you don't become a RE agent and all of a sudden the phone starts ringing non stop.

One thing people need to remember is that CF on a $500,000 4-plex varies significantly based on location.I wouldn't find one, but if I COULD find a 4plex to hit the market in Philadelphia (especially in close proximity to Center City) and have four 2/1 units, even in horrible condition, for $500,000, I'd probably tap into my own 401k for that deal, because it would cash flow so ridiculously well and probably be a great appreciation asset as well.

Then we tapped a HELOC and began going nuts buying Detroit rentals.We did that for 2.5 years, spent another year paying down the HELOC and then... we moved back to California (Central Coast this time).So here are my thoughts...1) You may find that you do not like North Carolina and wish to move back.

To limit expense SAWS charges $2-3k to tap into the water and sewer so if you buy a lot just make sure you take infrastructure costs into consideration if it's not already there.

Since then we have gotten wiser and smarter and tapped into our network of investors and friends for contractor contacts. 

She is just the face and they tapped into the niche market of innocent inexperienced Christian women

More life experience, a bigger network, and you also might have better access to capital - whether that's a larger retirement account or equity you can tap into.

Not necessarily to maturity but longer than investment 2, 3, or 4, and you want to be abe to tap into that equity.

In 2 years I can tap my IRA for another 10k a year.