When you join a team, you'll often start as a buyers agent and split commissions with the team leader.

I would have to quit my job, already discussed this with the team leader. 

Maybe you start your own RE Investing MeetUp for Military Members and be seen as a resource/leader with credentials, then bring in people more experienced than you to speak at your events. 

When my wife and I started out the first thing we did was put together a budget and tracked it religiously.

Both are VERY familiar with the machinations of the bad actors in the Real Estate field.It really is a problem that should NOT have every occurred and because it was certainly very prevalent, here in NYC especially, you will create leaders who will want to put a stop on these kinds of bad actors.It's very similar in the way that we should not abandon our Allies as you will create more enemies.In this case, the Rent-Controlled Renters are our Allies but they felt abandoned, at least, here in NYC.Again, these bad actors have also made it difficult for me to maximize my own profits on legitimate Market Rate Buildings as they illegally added market rate supply of buildings that should not have become Market rate.IF they did not get away with their bad behavior, I would have certainly have done even better than I have already done over the last 21 years I have been investing in NYC Real Estate.To me, these bad actors stole my profits and opportunities as a result of shifting the mindset of the renter class to be anti-Landlord while they reaped the illegal gains.Again, I am not saying ALL Landlords are bad.... but certainly "All Landlords are Good" is untrue.AND, as I pointed out, many of the bad landlords controlled a significant share of rent controlled apts to make a difference in our political atmosphere.We are in our potential Universal Rent Control situation for a reason that could have been prevented.

Hi BP,I am a newbie that has been religiously listening and reading bigger pockets for the past couple years.

I’m currently in the process of evaluating my next career step, and I’m looking for opportunities to connect with hiring leaders to ask some questions and advice.

I joined a team when I started, I was "experienced" in real estate investing but needed the training and support of the team to learn the real estate agent side of the house. 2 years later the team leader helped me build my own team.

I literally watched the Fortune Builders seminar leader wash my helper's brain front of me.

If you literally just closed two weeks ago, then your first monthly mortgage statement hasn't even arrived yet, the CD has all the pertinent information on it that would also be on that statement.In general, recall that you don't have to give anyone anything that you don't want to, and they don't have to give you the HELOC, so that's kind of the dynamic at play (excluding "protected class" things like a doctor's note attesting to your continued good health, or your religious affiliation).