I wish I had a checklist of what I need to do from start to finish so I wouldn't be so distracted.

Another item would be your office location that is not only convenient but has fewer distractions.You can locate your office in your living place if you can close it and not be distracted by personal things.  

This will tell the owner of your ability to do the loan.Another thing you ought to do is to locally locate an office that is convenient for you and have few distractions if any,  You can locate your office in your place if you can close it off and not be too distracting.  

But right before Christmas I think folks are very busy and distracted and it would not surprise me at all if a lot of people called to get info on a listing but did not make an appointment.You might want to at least consider Craigslist.  

Another item you should consider up front is your office location that is convenient with few, if any, distractions.  

This isn't a photoshop forum, but the edges on where you inserted the bed and couch are pretty rough - enough so that it really distracts more than helps. 

The other thing you might do is to locate your office that is convenient and has minimal distractions.  

(Especially the listening to books/podcast that distract me from my assignment).Good luck, I wish us both plenty of success

You're either an investor or you're a chump with a license working a crappy job dealing with other people's crappy houses and trying to earn a tiny percent of the deal that will be highly taxed earned income and a mound of paperwork which will distract you from actually making any real money.Refer them to some idiot with his face on the bus bench and take 25% of the net commission.

As a college freshman, in a cage with many distractions, I decided to visit my grandparents in Jackson Mississippi for the summer in order to get rid of all distractions & put all of my energy into my passion (real estate)...