Also if any of you agents (not from around here of course )can give me any tips for launching out of the gate -  Tips - tricks & things you found to bump up your business.

Way to take initiative and launch out.  

Get ready to launch your investing career!

@Mike Hanson - speaking personally, I would first and foremost not make such a large investment in condominiums in general.

A little bird told me that BiggerPockets was launching a book soon.So @Brandon Turner - what’s the deal?

We have experiences in Residential, Multi Family, Condominiums, Retail, Office, Commercial, and Shopping Centers.

January 2016 Houston Housing StatsHouston Real Estate Highlights in January Single-family home sales declined 2.1 percent compared to January, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline;Total property sales were unchanged at 4,965 units;Total dollar volume was statistically flat at $1.2 billion;At 262,663, the single-family home average price reached its highest level ever for a January;At $200,000, the single-family home median price also achieved a January high;Single-family homes months of inventory climbed to a 3.3-months supply versus 2.5 months a year earlier;Townhomes/condominium sales rose 15.6 percent with the average price unchanged at $183,076 and the median price up 2.4 percent to $140,000;Leases of single-family homes rose 2.8 percent with rents up 4.2 percent at $1,742;Leases of townhomes/condominiums climbed 12.2 percent with rents up fractionally to $1,568.

Amelia,I am trying to launch a service that helps people sell properties without an agent.

Actually we just launched at the beginning of the year, and as far as I can tell the only people providing loans on NPL's.

I realize that condominium would be harder to get, indeed there is less work to do, and margins are lower than in a house reno.