The investment plan can be tailored to your risk profile. 

Get your SOPs in order before hiring someone saves a lot of time. 

Save your money, put in 3 to 4 hours per day of study (YouTube, BP, other sites) until you are confident this is what you want to do.

Being an agent will help me expand my connections with people and at the same time will be saving capital.

As with any business having a mission, strategy and plan with guide success.

When it comes to shady and ALL  contractors period you need to listen to Rico, the RE.I. on Instagram who advised all Investors to UTILIZE ESCROW ACCOINTS [or bank trust accounts or SELF-DIREXTED IRA ACCTS. or simply a bank savings FUNDED ACCOUNT from which the bank must handle all co tractor payments disbursed.

just be cautious when it comes to using these. ensure you've got a plan to pay that balance back in a relatively quick fashion as most HELOC rates can fluctuate which could make the numbers suddenly not work. i've leveraged mine in instances where i'm doing a BRRR and i want the deposit for a private money loan. i'm not using it as my downpayment and leaving it out there for a long period of time. 

I plan to use a refinance on my current cabin to fund the downpayment on the next property.

Hey @Dan Gongora - I have a list of lenders that another BP member shared with me a while back...the lenders are exclusive to Chicago or Illinois, but I assume that wouldn't matter to you.How much equity do you have in the property and what is your game plan with the money?

I have put together budgets and started a business plan.