I also teach math and some accounting and personal finance as an adjunct professor at Salt Lake Community College.

You have to have the willingness and comprehension level to be able to learn and teach yourself also.Now I have some credibility and true experience and growing.Knowledge and information is powerful.

For curtain rods we get inexpensive "lock seam" curtain rods that are style-neutral and can be found at home depot or amazon.  

The most important question for me that I would ask at the end of each of the interviews was "is this a family style brokerage, where everyone helps each other out and wants everyone to succeed, or is it more cut throat, in which it's every agent for themselves?"  

A good Mentor wants to make sure that you have the latter before he teaches you the former.And finally, in my opinion, a great mentor will tell you the way it really is and not blow wind up your skirt.

I will add the fact that there are things you need to keep in mind when it comes to the HOA fees, Never go with high-rise buildings because those common area fees paid by the HOA will kill you, I typically look at Garden-Style or 4 stories and below, I do have one property that's in a 7 story building but the fees were still fairly low. 

And all the gurus that teach this and hang their hat on equitable interest that's all a bunch of BS and will not hold up when you have a scheme that is clearly selling real estate with no intention of closing there is no equitable interest..

I am an investor and broker along the coast, and I would love to connect with anyone in the area who could teach me a thing or two?

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Basically, you can teach anyone to do a decent job, but it takes someone with good character traits and innate capabilities to go above and beyond to help you and the company thrive.What do you think is helping your real estate investing business or maybe another business you have to grow and make the transition from Good To Great?