Remember - A Realtor has spent money going to school, studying different aspects of real estate including law (which a lot of landlords do not know), we are required by law to continue educating ourselves.

We usually find these buyers are out of state (typically California) with some nostalgic attachment to the area--either grew up here or went to school here.If you look at the alternatives these two types of buyers have--first time home buyer who qualifies for under $150K and can go FHA, and the California buyer with $100K who wants some degree of geographic familiarity--what are their other investment opportunities that will do better for them if they're not in the business?

I am currently unemployed, as I am studying for various standardized tests for grad school, but if I wanted to further pursue growing my real estate holdings what sort of options might some of you use?  

I've look it up and contacted some of the school around my area.

We were thinking maybe I could go to law school and my wife become the real estate agent.Regardless, I signed up for this site to network and learn more. 

Between completing school and living in Wisconsin as a Research and Development coop for the better part of 2014 the time just doesn't seem right till May.

Right now I'm currently a senior in high school (Naples, Florida).

I'm 19 years old, got my real estate license after graduating from high school hoping it would make the transition easier to get into investing (before I knew about wholesaling) and it didn't.

Shop for something you can afford, and if your disciplined and save money every month you could in fact put the wheels in motion for owning your own home.Advise: If you credit is damaged find yourself a good "Partner" and offer them some experience and put some skin in the game... say cash for a down payment  ;) The numbers:2B/1B, 1275 SQFT Huge Detatched 2 car garage.Asking price 100KMarket price 120KWe bid 85K( Someone else bid)Changed our bid to 100KThey countered 102KWe drew a line in the sand and stuck to 100KGot credited 5K+2500K in closing.We settled at 95KPut 10K down and have a 85K loan @ 4.375The house needs 15K in repairs.The location is in the best part of town, has 6 schools in less then 2 miles.

I attribute that to kids starting school.