Luckily no agent is ever tied to a brokerage for good, so even if it were to tank, I'll have had the start I needed and learned some things and can make the next best move at that point.In keeping with the informative dialog (I highly respect your opinion and BP input by the way), do you happen to know how much of that debt to grow is financed by agent stock options? 

As I grow my business, I want to leverage this capability more and more.

I am very excited to be a part of this growing family of real estate investors.

Being new to this I hope to meet and connect with different investors in the group that can help me grow in this business :) I am currently familiarizing myself with wholesaling and I am working on building my cash buyers list.

They are walking all over you and you need to find a way to put your foot down.Mold is one of the fastest-growing scams wielded by tenants.

Everyone needs to work together to grow the industry so it becomes more respectable and self-regulated.  

Indy has a growing population, a strong economy, and growth potential. 

Would like to grow to $10k passive income a month but do not want to over extend.

Any amounts would be taxable distributions and likely subject to penalty.You can use your IRA for investing but the funds have to remain retirement funds and the normal strategies of growing the investments are limited a bit as explained above.You haven't asked this yet but I feel you may - you can't borrow from your IRA and generally, you can't invest with your IRA for the purchase of an investment property.

With growing population, taking a single family lot and putting it to its highest and best use, based on zoning, is giving more individuals the opportunity to move into the area.That being said, there are still plenty of ares that the middle class can purchase.