The founder appears to have been involved in businesses outside of real estate: ‘My dream is a locally made grooming products business’ | People | nashvillepost.comSo it does not appear there is a lot of track record there, but those are questions I would ask.

The other is a smaller operation which does a lot of business in the specific neighborhood the house is in.

All the agents I know are busy.

Binghamton is starting to see new business coming in too.Where I live Ithaca, NY prices are going through the roof.  

Because I'm busy doing it, lol. 

You have a job that keeps you busy, but you want to start creating wealth through Real Estate.  

Over the past 15+ years in this business, i have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. 

If my business owner bank statements did not gain me an approval, I was going to go the hard money route.

Every day is a school day in this business.

Admittedly, I am not one that typically finds paid mentorship very valuable, but I also respect that my degree is in business with a focus on real estate, and my first job out of college was in real estate (so it is a little hard for me to take my 20 yrs of knowledge and rewind it to try to view mentors from a completely fresh lens).A couple points: I view mentors, especially these expensive ones as a catch-22.