@Daniel Smith  first off you excel at sales .. top producing RE brokers in your area I am sure are knocking down 500 to 1 million plus.. and who knows you could get a TV show.plus you will learn the rules of the road and terminology etc and you wont have to go fishing for it on BP.. take the course learn the industry then hone in on what you want to do.. but sales is a great gig and a high paying one.. and its a career you put 10 years in and you will do all your business for the next 40 years by referral.. also look there is one Commerical broker on this site Joel Owens check in with him.. that's were the big money is made.. get on with a commercial brokerage put in your dues and start making 50 to 250k pay checks don't get sucked into thinking there is a career in wholesaling.. unless you want to create an army underneath you its a tough way to go.

It's like fishing but more work.

One had a brother running my job who I later discovered was a convicted sex offender (rape) .The problem is....my area is a hot bed for investors and all the great GC's are taken and these guys jump from today's big fish to the next bigger fish and I have found most of them can't stand it when the work (shoddy) isn't acceptable.

The summer is just fine out fishing or at the sandbar on the boat.  

@DG H.You're going to spend a lot of time and effort because you're fishing in the retail pond.

I have been thinking that catering to a fishing community would be wise to have it rented year round. 

When you have a small portfolio, and you document your path correctly, now you can start to think about the bigger fish.

Other than that you need to look for houses not on the MLS, inventory seems to be low in this area and there are a lot of people fishing in a small pond.

  ( not withstanding the money out of escrow part of this) which is a whole nother kettle of fish as others have posted about.

Just avoid the sellers that think they can close from a fishing boat in Oregon...