Very exciting, Laura!

I’m excited to share that I’m in the process of growing my real estate team, and I’d love to hear your thoughts and best practices on bringing new agents onboard effectively.A Little About My Current Setup:I run a high-performing real estate business in [Your City/Area], focusing on [Your Niche/Market].

. 🏠👍 100% agreed.I've witnessed way to many investors over the years getting caught with their pants down when using too much leverage.The real estate "guru" world is incentivized by selling more properties (Realtors earn commissions on every property sold) and "no money or low money" strategies (Easy way to flog books and seminars), etc...So leverage to the tilt they would say...The best deals are bought quickly and with cash.All good things take time and so does building a strong and sustainable real estate portfolio.Start slow and small and build the foundation of your portfolio with cash.This will minimize losses when vacancies occur and one hopefully won't have to put their hand too deep in their own pocket to cover expenses as they occur (Especially large expenses like mortgage costs).Once a solid foundation has been built and experience gained over a period of time of what the true income vs expenses will be, then look at using leverage.Also, all deals should be analyzed from a "devils advocate" standpoint and don't get too excited about it's initial prospects.If you think it won't happen to, I'm here to tell you that it will.This is coming from someone that has done hundreds of deals and has seen it all.Always protect the bottom line first and foremost.Much success

I was excited because the basement needed an egress window and I was viewing it as a potential additional room and house hack and future rental possibility. 

The more content that you provide that not many people get to see, the more excited people will be when they see it.

The structure doesn't really matter at this stage and unless you have cash, you won't be buying in an LLC unless you utilize commercial loans, as you said, like DSCR, but you will be putting 20-30 percent down to get those loans.You are bit feet ahead of head here, excited, but focused on the wrong things.

I'm super excited to embark on this journey of learning and investing together!

I'm new to Bigger Pockets & excited to be a part of the community.

I am excited to get my first property and learn from this experience.

Nobody gets excited to invests in the stock market for dividends to fund their life, although thats a really good concept.