Remember, your estate is going to have to straighten out any issues with the deed in court and that gets expensive and time consuming.  

My plan was to get licensed for the purposes of our personal investing, but I’ve ended up actually doing fewer personal deals as an agent, partly because I pass more deals on to clients and also because I’ve been enjoying working as an agent and have been dedicating more time to building that business as opposed to the investment side of things.

This are you biggest energy consumers.

@Craig Bellot I agree that property management is a difficult, time-consuming job. 

Wont' take too long to consume that as well. :)Any other strong recommendations to add to the list? 

Calling them out for a "quote" most likely won't excite them, as they know they're being shopped...Which the consumer has every right to do...however, a lot of us just don't have the leverage over the contractor to call the shots.

As your business grows, it will become more time-consuming and some layers of complexity, but by no means impossible.

I did manage to get an extra 5% off a significant purchase of landscaping blocks from retail, but most of the consumables are already at market price and Lowe's advertises the bulk savings right there at the item sticker for contractors.

It's not a commitment to lend or any of that, it's just for real estate and mortgage professionals in California to reference while helping their clients, not intended for consumers to read or reference.

One of the easiest yet time consuming processes and most important to do on every turnover is run the glass light fixtures, globes and such, through the dishwasher.