The first is obviously the cost of keeping and maintaining your license.There is also going to be the disadvantage in negotiating.  

I personally would value the input from reputable PM because they've dealt with the problem tenants, properties that cause them more staff to maintain than others so if they say they can't make money off a property, you probably can't either. 

I'm a broker, and I have to maintain proper signage, have a physical office, etc etc.

Fact is, most of these statements are patently false and many studies after the fact have shown that at BEST paying for these stadiums with public money has negligible to no benefit and at worst is a colossal waste of money.For example, the city of St.

@Kate AndersonSTEP ONE:   Attend as many REI MeetUp groups and REI Association meetings as possible and become a relationship building machine.STEP TWO:  Study all you can on marketing and become a marketing machineSTEP THREE:  Find an active investor in one of the local groups who will take whatever deals you find and determine if it can be monetized. 

So I studied and studied but didn't get going until I found a way to join REI with social responsibility.For me that means owning affording senior housing: assisted living units someone living only on social security could afford.Not the bigger bucks I could earn by owning expensive AL, but now I am excited and making things happen.

To the married investors out there - do you and your spouse maintain separate checking accounts?

(Study, Study And Study.)Carlos De Freitas

I saw a deal on groupon through agent express that I can purchase to study on becoming an agent.

I'm also working on my bachelor's degree in Real Estate Studies through Marylhurst University's online program.