This is great and I am working on organizing a big meeting for a bunch of us BP'ers in the near future.

We have the house we want for our first primary residence picked out, which should provide us with decent instant equity, but going through credit repair to be able to qualify for a FHA 203k mortgage.Ultimately, we'd like to build a small rental portfolio to cover personal income requirements, and start an organization to provide assistance to veterans and their families in the areas of transitional housing, needed home repair, and job training.

Most of their inventory is in decent suburban areas like Stone Mountain, Douglasville, Conyers, etc.

Here is a list of things that need to be done:1) stucco and faux stone sidings building to make it look new (not sure about cost?

A broker or agent does not need to be a Realtor, that is a professional organization but since the NAR sponsors the MLS, you may not get access, you'll find many commercial brokers are not Realtors.

Apparently they are working on a way to attend dinner meetings without the dinner for $10 but sit in a different area.Check the calendars of these organizations and you can see who the event speakers are and if it is worth the investment.

Phillip is right, pick the shop that best suits what you will be doing....Usually, a new agent really won't know what they will be doing as there are many roads to follow....The main thing, IMO, initially is training, how to use the MLS effectively, phone work and legal requirements, local issues and cases, best advertising means, sharing experiences with other agents, these areas and much more will generally have more support in a larger organization.

Buy a few books from Amazon so you can learn some well organized detailed on buy & hold.Everything I've read about buying land has just led me to believe it is a horrible investment.

It really helped me to save money and get my finances organized.

Lot of work and organization!