., particular movie houses...http://www.click2houston.com/consumer/billionaire-...What do you think?

Working as an agent can be very time consuming.

Look at each (distressed) property through Investment-colored glasses, and put your personal likes and consumer sentiments aside - completely!

I have been on BP since January, consuming podcasts and digging the forums. 

I have been consuming knowledge for over a year, and it's time to finally pull the trigger!

Plus, it's a lot less time consuming.

All of the time consuming task that are least profitable

@Linda Shand  anyone based in CA MUST BE LICENSED TO LEND.. either CA real estate broker  NMLS or consumer finance license if the company has none of these and is based in ca... then they are not acting according to the laws.. and that in its self is a red flag .. best to go local for these kinds of loans what does a guy in Rancho Cucamunga know about Mobile AL...

Some of those banks will also have retail operations, but generally you will get a better rate/fee combo through wholesale (the dozen loans per month mortgage broker gets volume discounts) than if you called that exact bank or lender directly (average consumer gets 1 mortgage every 3-7 years + marketing budget needs to be baked in).

Some lessons learned, ownership is expensive and time consuming, roommates never want to help with house improvements, and make sure to include the income on taxes.