I looked around and found lenders that will do a day out of foreclosure up to 50%LTV down to a 500 credit score but the loan amount minimum must be 300k.

Start with these three key points:Current SituationAssess your current or expected capital and credit within a realistic timeframe.

You do need to have steady employment, decent credit, and not be drowning in debt.

and I'm still sitting here trying to figure out how I can classify all my income as tips.

I have also have saved almost $50K so far to take a start in this game and also my personal credit score is above 750.I'd like someone to guide me purchasing my first property and want to kickstart with a small property first.

I'm new as well congratulations on you're first property me and my fiance was going to start a real estate business but she has cold feet so i already have a LLC she the one who has the 820 credit score and I'm getting mine back in order we both have one property each i just loss my contract for my business so I'm thinking about using the equity from my home or turn my home it a bordering house just need some mentoring 

Welcome to the community and be ready for a huge amount of information at your finger tips.

I encourage your friend to forward the unredacted prom note to the SEC via this link https://www.sec.gov/tcr Click on Submit a Tip.

House HackAttend as many REI meetups as you can to grow your network of investors for referrals, help through challenges you may incur but don't have experience with, and learn from proven guest speakersNetworking app like blinq to compile all of your contacts for REI in one area with phone and emailbegin conversations with local credit unions exploring what type of loan products they offer

Quote from @NA Hirsch: What service do you recommend for doing a soft pull on a potential borrower's credit?