@Robert FreebornFirst year:Real Estate Course: $420 (Rockwell), there are cheaper schools out there.Written Test: $125Finger Prints: $30Realtor's Union dues: $620 (Optional depending on Brokerage)NWMLS dues: $480Supra: $75 activation + $15 a month = $255Office fees: $65 a month or $780 (Will vary depending on Brokerage and Model)Total: $2,710 Additional Cost:Signs: This will vary depending on Brokerage and if you are on a team or notBusiness Cards: Depends on what you wantEvery two years after that you will have a certain amount of CE that you have to accomplish, but if you take advantage of free education hours put on by Title Companies and other outlets, you can reduce your cost. *** Fact ***If you sell one house a year, it pays for itself...

@Chris Habets If you are willing to go into the hard money relm of 10-12% then yes you can get financing but to me thats insane (my opinion) ...Might as well use a credit cards for your deals.. 

Some are incredible homes of old money auto execs that can be purchased for a steal... or intern literally broken into and all of your stuff stolen.  

The only reason I can imagine identity theft resulting in bankruptcy is if she gave some e permission to use their card and that person racked up huge bills that the person didn't expect or couldn't pay.

However, like you said, all they are doing is opening credit cards for you.

Obviously the wild card is how widespread is the FEMA support going to be for those without flood insurance.  

It just seems classier and less for the tenant to worry about in this day and age where most people use cards and don't want to worry about getting rolls of quarters anyway!

Even if it means getting a secured credit card.

Instead of doing the standard yellow post card #3 that I am sure all people in my area are sending out, we'd like to look at some other options while keeping our costs low.Our price is $0.38 per letter for around 5300 or so letters.  

I used 0% interest credit card promo to finance $20k utilities to the property and it still needs 10K to get it in mint completed condition.