Hi Derek,Cashflow positive real estate will help your ability to qualify for a primary residence mortgage, not hinder, assuming an REI-friendly lender, and that you maintain adequate PITI reserves (if you have healthy retirement accounts, that'll typically do it). 

To make decisions that would affect a series of events that would cause you to create some sort of asset whether it be a check cut from an escrow account or a fresh piece of real estate that is cash flowing quite well is just hard for some people to fathom.If you have self-doubt about your own abilities to succeed in this business of real estate investing then go and listen to the podcasts as I am doing currently.

Tony, to answer your questions:1) That fact that you are currently employed has no weight on your ability to qualify (or disqualify) for a Solo 401k.

Account Closed Your "all cash" tip works for you as you likely have the means to show actual POF if the seller asks and you also can likely close with cash if for some reason you can't get bank financing, hence your ability to exclude any financing contingency in your offer.

If you have the ability to cover anything that comes up, and the property is a deal, I would go for it.

The flexibility, wealth-building opportunities, and entrepreneurial element have always been appealing to me.

Marketing puts deals into the funnel, and hopefully the small end is your ability to complete deals. 

Some people though really protect their social media identity which I can't argue with but there should be at lease some ability to verify.

@Joshua Dorkin I don't have the ability to moderate back yet, maybe you can change the title on this thread and add REMODELS or FLIPS? 

One of my pitch points was my experience as an adjuster (inside property and CAT) and my ability to write an accurate repair scope and keep contractors in line on repair pricing.