No pressure on them and also indirectly lets them know of our need.

I don't see myself doing this full time as I am the breadwinner at home and the full time job" That's a lot of pressure, maybe your spouse could start with something part time and look at picking up some of the insurance...This is the way many of us started: Full time job and part time in Real Estate.Doesn't your Broker franchise have some support to get you up to speed?

Sheets and towels get stained and also wear out quickly from lots of washings.

My monthly expenses: Monthly Expenses Item Name Budgeted Charity $120.00 $120.00 Debt Repayment Debt $1,300.95 $1,450.95 Housing House Warrenty $49.99 Mortgage $2,409.00 $2,458.99 Utilities Electricity $150.00 Gas $40.00 Internet $39.99 Cell Phone $120.00 ADT Alarm $47.99 Trash $50.00 Water $50.00 $497.98 *Food Grocery $800.00 Dog Food $100.00 $900.00 *Transportation Car insurance $245.00 Gas & Oil $240.00 Car Lease 1 $256.04 Car Lease 2 $391.17 Car Wash $15.95 $1,148.16 *Clothing Adults $25.00 Children $25.00 Cleaning/Laundry $0.00 $50.00 Medical/Health Dentist $54.00 Dog Insurance $36.48 Prescription Drugs $200.00 Health Insurance $0.00 Co-pays $25.00 $315.48 *Personal School Supplies $35.00 School Tuition $166.00 $201.00 Dining out / Recreation Entertainment $160.00 Spotify / Audible / Netflix / Hulu / Amazon $57.44 Dining out $140.00 $357.44Total expenses including debt repayment $7500

Solid demand motivated by low interest rates, coupled with tight supply, put upward pressure on prices in the last few months as the home buying season remained competitive.

Will having a license end up being a wash down the line?

Was he more motivated than someone else, like a tire-kicker with a buyer's agent?

When I was a kid in the early 80's, I cut grass, shoveled driveways, did all sorts of yard work, washed and waxed cars and babysat all the time.

I'm super brand new to BP forums (as in just signed up today), but have read a lot of BP books and listen to their podcasts regularly, as well as others.One of my dear friends is an extremely well respected GC and approached me because he knew I was looking to get into buy and hold real estate investing, as was he.  

As you have probably deduced, I'm still a student in high school; I'm a senior, and I'm still trying to survive the tremendous pressure of being a high school student while actively learning about investing in real estate.