Curious to hear from people who kicked off a self-funded search before turning 30. The friction I keep hitting: brokers and sellers default to reading “young” as “inexperienced” and “inexperienced” as “risky,” regardless of what’s actually behind it. If that was you — a few specific things I’d love to hear: ∙ How you positioned your background to sellers/brokers when you didn’t have decades of operating experience to point to. ∙ Anything you said or did that visibly changed a broker’s or seller’s tone once you led with it ∙ What you wish someone had told you before you started Thanks!