Do not try to qualify as a real estate professional with a w2.

Keep networking, reaching out to local investors, and exploring potential hard money lenders who may be more open to working with someone in your situation.Wishing you the best of luck in finding the financing you need to move forward with your first real estate deal.

It's not just another CRM or social network; it’s a solution for the clutter, spam, and the overwhelming volume of unqualified or irrelevant interactions that professionals like us often encounter.The key issues with current options are well-known: the disorganization on social networks, the low response rates on professional platforms, the complicated navigation and mismatched intentions on real estate forums, and even the overpriced 'expert' communities that deliver little value.

How would a professional business handle this?

Personally, I can't imagine achieving returns like that with professionally managed equities & after 40 years of JUST equities, (my still working @ 70) BIL's financial results are nothing like ours. 

While I work towards becoming a professional engineer and working with developers, my goal is to own a couple multi-unit properties by the time I’m 30.

Hi Kevin,Even if they are local they might not have  a vast network.

@robert deforge I understand your situation, if I were to be in that same position honestly I would keep working for more capital, something like wholesaling houses or even flipping them with the 40k and getting a lender involved or even a mortgage company and creating a bit more capital, ultimately to get into multi-family apartment buildings... all you need is about 25% of your total pp. for a 1 million dollar property your looking at about 250k to purchase and a bit of commercial knowledge you can do very well, you can also get a lender and make him a partner in the deal as well to lower the capital needed upfront all with just a solid deal for the lender... start networking!

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