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Hi All: I have recently been granted my California Real Estate Salesperson License. I got it mostly for investing in rental property for myself, and wouldn't like to pay huge fees. For example, I am currently looking ...

You should factor management costs into your numbers anyways even if you plan to self-manage. 

My husband and I are self employed running a small business.

I self manage 7 buildings, 10 doors here, all BRRRR deals.

Include this in your underwriting, even if you plan to self-manage.Water/sewer looks high.

That two year period also gave me sufficient time to learn a lot about the different investing strategies, to sharpen my deal analysis skills, to continue to develop relationships with property managers, agents, banks, contractors, attorneys, and tax strategists, and to really lay out a plan of attack moving forward.  

No raised eyebrows at the self-checkouts.

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

I'm hand on investor at the moment because I live in the city so I manage my units my self, but obviously for long term investing I wouldn't be able to manage my properties.