My name is Stephen, and I'm going into my 1st real estate deal.

I started my real estate adventure by purchasing 2 single family houses in Oklahoma with 2 cousins, mistake #1.

Far more than most real estate acitivies and much quicker think about it.. you sell the same info over and over and get paid instantly you have no roofs to fix no tenants to manage etc etc.. you do have reputation management of course.

We've always invested out of state and that is not a real hurdle for us. 

@Jack Cottrellyou said you "need properties that I can get at a good deal that cash flow and appreciate while minimizing the trouble commonly associated with real estate"well... yeah, everyone wants those properties. 

I joined BP in 2022 and never actually got into Real Estate.

All buyers and sellers of rental real estate should require Tenant Estoppel Letters in their contracts.

Coincidentally, I’m currently listening to the BP Real Estate podcast, Episode 1,054: The Expert Investor: Early Retirement is a Mistake, Rent Instead of Buying.

I know real estate is a long term play but you never know when you'll need access to that capital.There are turnkey companies out there that handle the entire process for you from top to bottom so it makes for an extremely passive investment.

The intent of getting a sales agent license is to educate myself in Real Estate and create some additional income.If your relationship is such that you need to hide your license, you’d be better off with a different working relationship.