I also intend to lend from it as well in the near future as the account grows larger and larger.My opinion: Holding RE in an already tax advantaged account is NOT the best use of retirement account funds.

Sure you could get a little head start now, but I think with the earning potential you will have you will be able to make up for lost time very quickly.I am a part time investor and graduated 5 years ago and I will tell you, my good paying W-2 job has been crucial to growing my company.

Sure no problem John, we can help each other grow.

Focus on getting your bills paid on time, getting your consumer debts paid down and start thinking about the great payoff you could see just a year or so down the road.

They trade more like consumer credit debt than 1st liens as if the 2nd is wiped out in foreclosure, you are left with unsecured debt to collect on.

There are a lot of us here who are investing while working in other careers too, so you can find a lot of advice about how to grow your real estate business while maintaining a day job.

My first 8-10 deals I intend to spend A LOT of time reviewing possible property's to ensure that I'm doing everything correct and so I can begin to grow the best reputation possible with my investors.

I'm currently reading "Think and grow rich" by Napoleon Hill and Rich dad Poor dad is next.

I started rehab/flipping about 2 years ago to grow capital, but I am now expanding to buy long term rentals.

Most of the time the big guys aren't going after the same properties as the smaller investors, it's way to time consuming.