For the first card, put a small monthly recurring transaction on it - like your Netflix subscription, and setup auto payments so the balance zeros out every month.  

Is realtytrac worth the monthly subscription fee?

First month is free, just make sure you cancel the subscription before the first month is up.

That's what the question you need to think from their perspective.Few smart enough to do mentorship by subscription but not many sign up because it's investment involved.

@Jordan Hannes what court office would I talk to obtain them we have pretty big courthouses in louisville and I have a subscription I can buy to get probate and all other leads but I'm just starting out so don't wanna use that quite yet

@Chrissy ArnoldTry this webpage: https://publicrecords.netronline.com/No subscription fee's and it's nationwide....Good luck..

Are there any good subscriptions I should look into (like magazines, newspapers, etc) that anyone would recommend?

Training and learning expenses related to real estate as a whole such as subscription to BiggerPockets, books you purchase that you're studying to learn for real estate, failed deal expenses, business cards, and more.Hope that helps and good luck!

Any way you could post the article for those of us that don’t have a WSJ subscription?

Make sure they have CoStar and LoopNet subscriptions also another good one is Reonomy if you are wanting to find deals that is the subscription you'll want to have access to.