This is indeed a magical community so I am going to do my best to ask informed questions.I’m crossing my fingers that overbidding for investment properties as you described is not a problem where I am.

Unless EXP agents are magically charging 6x the average, theres no way I can get the math to pencil out.6x the average national commission rate, theres no way the math holds up to them making more. we can do this with the 2019 numbers.EXP - $36b volume, 25,000 agents at that time. $1.4m in volume per agent for a gci of $36kCompass - $91b volume,  13,000 at that time, $7m in volume for an average gci of about $175k. 

Hands-off, Core Four, magic spreadsheet, minimal reserves, BIG believers in the power of positive thinking, putting lipstick on pig after pig all the way to bankruptcy court.My husband was also an English major, and while I (the computer science major) usually focus on acquisitions, he always has veto power and he's not afraid to use it-- lol. y'all English majors debbie downers. 

Fact is a shifting market is the magic hour for innovators, it's when we bloom and success is like a rocket ship.

Most want to know where the funds come from if they just magically show up..

No one book or podcast or forum post will have the magic formula.

I keep telling people that life is marathon, there is no magic pill or get rich quick scheme. 

There a ton of success stories of folks just like you coming into this community and magic happens.

Or find someone to work for.It's not magic.

That was the magic words to fork over $10,000!