They are a low cost of entry so I don't see much harm in putting 3 or 4 on your property and seeing how quickly you rent them out.

As @Andrew Beauchemin mentioned in his post, the availability of that information will definitely make things move more quickly.

A quick google will get you what qualifies you as an RE professional.

The deal is hot and I am acting fast, so I am learning quickly and just putting out feelers for loving, gentle advice. 

Well, as soon as I got into real estate I quickly learned I wanted to go the investing route.

I quickly realized that real estate is a GREAT way to financial freedom.

Their interest to flip houses quickly (time and resources diverted to their interests) and manage properties that they themselves own, comes into conflict with the interests of investors.

Good Evening,Quick question, should I have an LLC before I start getting properties under contract?

I'm told general build time is about 3 months which is pretty quick. 

I wasn't too worried about the debt as I made pretty decent money with work and would be able to pay it off fairly quickly knowing that we were now in our dream house in our dream neighborhood.