If you are just testing the waters , agin NO it's not reasonable.It's reasonable to pay a retainer if your answer is anything but YES, I'm a ready willing and able buyer or seller.

The idea of being able to put as much time and/or money into a job and reap the rewards seemed like a good way to test my own potential.

She spent $650 to do asbestos testing on my house to try to f*** me over, and now she's too cheap to hire a truck mount steam cleaner for $110.

I've been recently market testing the area a bit and getting some mild feedback. 

I've been recently market testing the area a bit and getting some mild feedback. 

It also has no educational requirements - one does not need to pass tests or have continuous education.

and then you have J Scotts book on estimating construction costs that's cheap read it.. study for the GC test.. that will teach you as well.. 

If you still want to be in the RE game, you can acquire another property that is wither like-kind or similar use ( two tests under sec 1033) and defers gain and the recapture.

You also need to run a test and get a feel for the market on bestplaces so that you can see if you have a metro (around 100,000) with SF homes of $100,000 and 3-bedroom apartments of $1,000 per month,Every mobile home park is unique so these are just guidelines.

Incidentally, I did put out letters saying we suspect a leak and it could be a toilet and shared instructions on how to test.