After a fallout with my former boss and not feeling valued as an employee after years of hard work.

With employees and a brand, I'd argue otherwise.

Now, most of these smaller banks may only have 12 employees or so.

Boeing employees finally voted in favor of a union just a year or two ago.

I'm a full time employee.

An employee of a bank, by definition, is a banker, not a broker.

:)  then I'd go that direction (doesn't have to be with us -- just look at rentals out there on HAR, post to Craigslist, and lease them.   

However, in that case and if you are self-employed with no full-time w2 employees working for you, you could set up a Solo 401k with a provider that allows for 401k participant loans, rollover the funds and then take a loan from the Solo 401k.3) Here are the general considerations regarding 401k loans.401k Participant LoansIf your 401k plan allows for 401k participant loans, the maximum loan amount is equal to 50% of the balance up to $50k.

Will you need to provide access to a team member/employee?

The disadvantages are: trouble finding funding because we receive income from a foreign employee, not in country most of the year, and building a business from abroad.