But we can stay educated on trends.

So most agents are only putting about half of that $12k in their pocket, and out of that $6k they have to cover all of their operating expenses: licensing fees, MLS/ Realtor Association fees, continuing education classes to stay compliant with licensing requirements, monthly "desk" fees/ technology fees to their brokerage, health insurance for themselves and their family, errors and omissions insurance (required), marketing, car, car insurance, gas, clothes, computer/ software, cell phone, closing gifts, signs, photography, staging if they offer that, etc.

Quote from @Virginia VanOeveren: To start as a private money lender, educate yourself on real estate investing and lending practices, define clear loan criteria, and conduct thorough due diligence on borrowers and properties.

Bogleheads was the source of most of my formative personal finance education (for ~14 years), and it’s relevant because the SWR discussions there are typically in the 2-4% range.

I just want to absorb as much education about property management business.

At least I am drawing my conclusion from my knowledge of algorithm, higher education and real estate experience on top of handling thousands of guests and residents with my own hands. 

I’ve been self-educating  about real estate for about 4 months now.

.: I wanted to get involved in land investing and made a post about it during the summer and have continued to look at it until now.I was questioning if I should trust a land guru in my area so I asked about it and got some feedback.So then I have searched for land investing education programs and a name was at the top on google and I saw he had a lot of information out there.I did research on him and watched a lot of his videos and it all sounded good but I heard him talk about how he now owns over 1000 doors in multi family, so I started thinking about it. 

I then called the customer and told them their agent needs an education , of course the deck isnt up to todays code , code changes every year . 

I am not opposed to the idea but definitely need to get more educated on the details such as where exactly, is it too crowded of a space, how to be competitive, maintenance requirements for a beach rental, etc.