You need to gain education through a place like Bigger Pockets so you learn what to how and how to do it.To become a Real Estate Licensed Agent, you need to complete your state’s required education, background check, finger printing and examinations.  

However, I want to work for an agency that will help me grow into a success and hopefully lead me to a more knowledgable position in the Real Estate Industry so I can also start investing wisely.Anyone have any tips or things to look for when examining an agency or broker as a good place to work/good mentorship?

They lost, but it gives valuable insight into how the courts examine the issue, for which the court admitted this particular issue is a gray area not examined by the code and/or regs. 

The ones being hurt hardest would probably be banks, which are primarily online now, and clothing stores, though stats show that they are actually not hurting as much as you would think and like I said, they still need somewhere to get their product out of.

US citizens are taxed on their worldwide income.If the DR also taxes the gain, you generally would be able to use foreign tax credits against your US liability.You also need to examine the difference between net sales proceeds and your adjusted cost basis. 

Interesting stat and actually illustrates a point I am going to make.Some of you have mentioned insurance companies and their actuary tables. 

To examine what's going to happen to you holistically from a tax perspective you need to examine your tax income/loss allocation via the partnership agreement as well as your cash in/cash out.Depreciation is just one expense also. 

I'm aware the Examiner is supposed to rule sometime in May, but dont know if that goes through, the likelihood of legislation passing or not.

Home inspectors will typically go through the attic, any crawl space underneath the house, examine the electrical, etc to let you know of any potential issues that will need repair. 

It could have been some Wikipedia, some City Data, I think I looked up crime stats, also looked up some economic data for the city, county and state.