Negotiation Skills: These agents have honed their negotiation skills to ensure they can secure the best deals for their clients.

Both of our medical needs (and costs) have resulted in us needing to sell our house.

Even as a physician, and I'm not sure I want a medical student or resident doing trauma surgery or open heart surgery on my loved one ;)

What works for travel medical professionals is different than what corporate renters are looking for, which is different than insurance placements, etc. etc. 

You will build skills and experience in acquiring and managing the duplexes that will help you with real estate projects large and small. 

Creative deals like lease options and subject-to deals need strong talk skills and knowing the contracts.

Skills, tools, subs, muscle you have to complete fast on paper.Architectural plans with elevations.Plat map, drawing where house goes, title report, gas lines, cost breakdowns, temporary power...Reports of existing utilities.Notes on conversation with planning desk on time frame.Combining the two loan types can be done, you need to be a great secretarial story teller on paper.

It's a team sport, and my partners and I leverage each other's skill sets to do a better job than any of us could do alone.

I can’t chalk that up to skill…it was luck.

Your parents decide they need their cash back for medical reasons.