Florida law specifically requires anyone to be licensed that performs services (abbreviated BAR SALE):any person, who for another offers to:BuyAdvertiseRentSellAuctionLeaseExchangeIf you earned your license, use it!

Uh ... kind of a big deal.Anyway, the point of this post is inform all you CO BP STR operators -- acronym/abbreviation overload! 

Thanks Rachelle for the link to the abbreviations and thanks Dawn for the tips on the keywords and meetup recommendation.

Also if anyone has links explaining all the abbreviations you use that would be helpful.

Useful Terms https://www.biggerpockets.com/rei/glossary/Useful abbreviations https://www.biggerpockets.com/rei/real-estate-abbreviations/@Gregory DeRosso getting over the fear of failure was a result of education.

Here is the most abbreviated example of tax benefits, ignoring depreciation, closing costs, inflation, and a lot of other factors.You sell a property today for $1 mil that you bought in the past for $600k.

But, this is a great reference if you're totally new.https://www.biggerpockets.com/rei/real-estate-abbreviations/

The county seems to be able to find me when they want their property tax, why couldn't they send me an abbreviated ballot that just allows me to vote on issues that affect my property?

. :-)Originally posted by @Erwin Groenendijk:@Loell Wolfries, could you perhaps elaborate on the abbreviation BTL?

Done.Learn to use BP to its whole potential - subscribe to BP blog and podcasts and start reading posts and listening to their podcasts collection.Find and connect with other BP members that are in your area: http://www.biggerpockets.com/meetSet up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsRead Beginner’s Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing+ https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/12/1...You can find a glossary of some acronyms here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/rei/real-estate-abbreviations/Here some recent articles good for starters:- one to raise you up: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/3-importa...uestions-starting-investing-real-estate/- one to bring you back down to earth: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/dont-just...- one in the middle: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/cheap-fre...- https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2016/03/2...eal-estate-investment/?