I also get a TON of off-market, fully furnished STR listings through my network here, which can be lifechanging deals.

We have a local who started as a delivery driver.

Then as you mentioned-- from there, I would network to absolutely find him a few mentors that would allow him to just shadow him.

The majority of buyers appreciate the expertise that a good agent provides (local market knowledge that can only be gained by being active in the market buying and selling all the time, looking at most of the new listings in person or at least online daily, a background in or at least understanding of building construction, relationships within the network of professionals in the industry doing deals, vendor referrals, legal protection through E&O insurance and keeping up with constant changes in approved contracts and required disclosures and forms, negotiating skills (the average person is terrible at negotiating directly and has no desire to, I find Americans are uniquely averse to negotiating and prefer to outsource it but I digress), etc.).

In addition, we’ve listed all of our properties on the Aya Healthcare housing page to directly advertise to their network.

Hello and welcome @Bhakti Patel to BiggerPockets community and specifically to the Chicago real estate network!

Hello everyone! This my first/introductory post. I'm located near Great Falls in central Montana.I have been self-employed for about 4 years and love what I do, so my goal is to build total wealth long-term, not to ma...

Happy to be a part of the community and to begin networking!

I'm really excited to network here and meet new people with the same interests. 

Never got a delivery rate lower than 91%.