Lastly, I would start looking for mentorship (if you truly want to go that route) at your local level, like at your local Real Estate Investor Association (REIA). 

@Michael Baum - agree that its a golden goose... thus the difficulty letting go... however I disagree that its not possible to find another when I've done it in 2 other locations... the last one was a condo I bought in 2021 for 250 and is now worth 650... and rents for 8-10k a month in the winter months... there's always opportunity for more!

She got me spun up on spending $1000's of $'s on home improvements over the last month, a ton of time, she got our realtor spun up who's about to order us a dumpster and get his handy many out here, she got our loan officer and another loan officer spun up getting us pre-approved.

Hey BP,   I used PCS recently to open my holding company and LLC last week.

Few years ago it was a multi-state portfolio spread across 5 states. last year it was  500+ units in Texas and 400+ units in Florida.

I moved to this area 3+ years ago and now face an empty nest as the last of our 4 boys is set to spread his wings in a little over a year!

This year, and last, is a wild time to become a new agent, but there are a lot of benefits that come with it, even if you are not making millions in sales each year.

Thanks Your rental income (does not matter if long term or short term) of your schedule E is calculated using this form: https://content.enactmi.com/documents/calculators/Form1038.C...Your schedule C income will be averaged over the last two filed taxes returns.

You'll see how many units there are, the number of searches in the last 12 months and can view the listings.

At most, I'll give 'em 3% I was 187th and 105th in total sales the the last 2 years in my state out of 49,000 agents.