We're here to double check your ideas - that should reduce your risks and preserve your place at family functions :^) You'll do fine - be bold and take small steps forward.

Please refer to the bold text above.  

I am certain that I have much to learn from your experience.To all of the newbies trolling the various posts and listening to pod casts but who are afraid to make a move, I say to you, step out of your comfort zone and make the bold move into REI that you know you want to make. 

Robert Kiyasaki said it best, "Often in the real world, it's not the smart who get ahead, but the bold."

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Anything he tells you will likely not be correct or a bold face lie.

Can I be bold and obtain a license for both or would it be viewed as a conflict of interest?

I sprinkled in some bold emphasis for the TL;DR crowd. 

Isn't a 100-unit complex a little bit too bold for a newbie?

One of the recurring themes I hear from the BiggerPockets podcast guests and bloggers is taking that bold leap into the world of real estate investing for the first time.