There are many reasons why I haven't pursued the arbitrage model, but mainly that it takes too long for the ROI after investing all your time and effort into buying furniture and renting and paying utilities.Let's say you rent an apartment for $1500 and you spend $7000 to furnished it.

 just start generating leads and start talking to people and when you’re not doing that educate yourself also hire a mentor just basically get active..

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Is your goal to use being an agent for your own personal investments or actively try and grow your agent business to eventually leave your W2?

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I am looking at 1 acre of land with a well and a septic already installed.  The lot is cleared and pretty much buildable.  The market is in the Berkshires in MA between Great Barrington and Catamount ski area.  I want...

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This is where I started as well, and then about 5 years later I was able to leave my W2.

I will add that you definitely do not need to be near your investments, but it makes things a lot easier when you first start off. 

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