It was structured properly, but I wasn't holding my breath when it came to actually closing the deal.It was my first, likely not my last, L/O.

Take a deep breath and run the numbers either way to take the emotion out of your decision.

In my opinion the best recipe for success is to make this a lifestyle, you need to eat, sleep, breath real estate and never back off.

The margins are there if you do it right and with my architect background I am able to bring unique and custom design to these houses that buyers have expressed as a 'breath of fresh air from the traditional flips'. 

Personally, I live/breath Excel (work in finance) but still prefer using the right tools for the right job.

I just breathed a huge sigh of relief for you @Teague Anderson.

In the long-run $5K is not a fatal mistake so take a deep breath and try to think it through with out the emotions.What is your goal?

(yes, all in one breath :-)Helping an Agent to get an extra 3 to 5 listings a year is worth comp pulling any day of the week, but if you happen to be an assistant with your own access, you can do that part on your own, which makes for a nice, easy, stress free relationship.

Or in the same breath, am I just wrong in my figuring all together?

We receive it and transmit it; we find it and lose it; we store it and leak it; we conserve it and spend it; we are breathe it in and we breathe it out; we hold it in and we let it go; we are more of who we are when we have a lot of it and less than we can be when we have only a little.