Having a real estate license, I would credit the commission payed out I would receive for being my own agent towards closing costs for the new property.

For a solo team we have a plan for $147/mo that includes onboarding to connect your tools at sign up and anytime throughout your membership at no additional cost, and screen share training with our team.

Yes it does, needing to keep the books and properties seperate for proper Tax Reporting and any 1099s you may need to file can be costly.

The hard money 10% plus additional thousands in closing costs was too much to swallow. 

I just couldn't justify the cost of the program right now.

We network with other fix & flippers teaching them how to properly structure a seller financed note so that it has value on the secondary market, we then buy a partial from them to take out most, if not all, of their cost basis so they can recapitalize and go do another deal. 

The city already had a STR permit in place.Our permit will cost us about $500 per year.

* The conversion would be costly. 

I would like to enter the landscape of real estate investing, but the area I live in has a barrier to entry with regards to cost.

Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620 (approaching 22% probability of default), many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.