Although I am no longer a licensed agent in Texas, this is the time frame that it took me to go from un-licensed to licensed:Jan 3rd - Ordered course online from agentcampus.comJan 20th - Found broker to sponsor / hang licenseJan 30th - Submitted 150 completed course work to TRECMarch 1st - TREC responds needing finger printing & bg checkApril 15th - TREC BG check / Finger prints receivedApril 15th - Pay HAR/TAR/NAR/CSS/Broker duesApril 20th - License "active"May 1st - 1st contract writtenSo it takes roughly 5 months from start to finish.

The deed is from b to c, the HUD-1 is b to c,there is nothing in the docs that has a's finger prints on it.

I just put my first HUD offer in and fingers crossed for acceptance.

Everything needs to be covered so there is no fighting, bickering or finger pointing at a later date.

Kids stick their fingers everywhere, and an open meter box is interesting.

Should I make inspections on every house and then cross my fingers and hope I don't get outbid by some clown?

For example, a landlord can clean stoves and refrigerators all day long (popular items left unclean by tenants) but unless he paid a maid service, the magistrate won't let him subtract the expense from the deposit.It's in the lease usually that you can't screw the landlord and use the cleaning and security deposit for the last month's rent.

Then just make sure the deal closes and runs smoothly at that point remember your name is on the line and when things go bad fingers point your way...

I mostly use a few fingers and the delete key (a lot).

If you cut your finger, do you call the hazmat team?