Look for giving, helpful experienced folks as a ratio of membership.   

Once licensed and insta-recruited by one of the dozens of brokerages that will spam you with glowing offers upon passing the exam, you'll bring your checkbook to your first day on the "job" and drive home about $2,000 poorer from all the required investments, fees, advances to transaction coordinators, MLS membership, etc. 

Membership question from a new Premium Member. 

Hi I'm new to bigger Pockets and I have been thinking of becoming a pro member does anyone know of any discounts on pro memberships

I paid $5 for a subscription to join the Northeast Alabama Bicycle Association to get my card and then once they gave me the credit card I simply cancelled my bike membership since the subscription is otherwise a monthly cost. 

I did nights and weekends over about 3 months but was still waiting on the RE Commission's approval to take the test for yet another 3 months after I finished the prep course.Once licensed and joining a brokerage you'll be required to invest about $1500 more in MLS membership fees, NAR membership fees, lockbox code fees, office fees, just a long long list of fees that will feel like a swarm of mosquitoes attacking your checking account, and for a student I guarantee that won't be a good feeling.Starting out as a realtor will be overwhelming, confusing, discouraging, and quite frankly flirting with buyer's remorse about having gotten into the field to begin with. 

I understand they're each independently owned and am curious how it works when multiple MLS systems exist within one county- Do they each only cover a portion of the county, do you need a membership to each one to have access to all listings within that county, etc.?

Can upgrading to a BP pro membership be considered a business expense being it grants access to tools to help find and analyze more properties?  

Does anybody else have a Costco Executive membership and get all conventional loans using their mortgage program?

To sign up for the Pro membership, and get $100 off the annual fee, use code Bootcamp100 at checkout.