What a lot of people suggest doing is going for the highest value spending the least amount of money possible.

Some people have talked about a webinar. 

As an investor myself, I am always happy to meet and talk to people who share my interests or to discuss real estate in general. 

Because people skip this and jump right to techniques, we have a huge FAILURE rate of people wanting to be real estate “operators”.  

A jobless rate of 3% or below is widely considered "full employment" by economists, or the point at which most people who want a job have one

Lower loan amounts are common here in the Midwest…~$50k loans aren’t unheard of, just depends on the whole scenario on whether or not it makes sense to do

I would love to make some connections and get to know more people who could help me along the way!

Also I only hope to purchase 1 new property a year so I assume those situations wont pop up too often.If your schedule is not flexible, then no, you cannot be a Realtor in the traditional sense, helping others to buy/sell properties. 

Definitely a focus area from lenders, conventional or otherwise - theres been a reported uptick in occupancy fraud or funny business lately as rates and values have continued to be so high and qualifying so tough - people are more likely to bend the rules on stuff like this - so this is generally the lender response

That makes sense.