I'd saying following your experience and scaling off of your flips would make the most sense as you can use skills/knowledge you've already cultivated.

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Anyways, there's my background and questions, any help or experience in this area is greatly appreciated so I don't make a decision I might regret! 

Experience level 6.

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@Tara Montgomery learn from my previous, unfortunate experience in this manner:Make sure you ask upfront and multiple times whether they use the highest of the credit scores or lowest of the credit scores.

In my experience most of the OTC is junk. 

They get extra capital and you get a little experience. 

The first people that lose their money in a downturn are those that are lending at insanely high LTVs without adequate underwriting experience including determining if the borrower's qualifications based on credit/character, capacity, and collateral.