I ive 55 miles away, but will screen and do background checks for my own tenants by phone/online and visit 1-2X a month.

I worked with some investors and, in fact, most of them started out by taking online courses (which could often be costly).

You can apply for an EIN online at no cost.

I'm planning to use an iPhone app where we can do video in real time, so I'll get periodic live updates via video that way.

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Commonly used are online resources like zillow, trulia and my personal favorite ******************* (one word) websites.

I would suggest watching those videos and then coming back here to search for the answers to any specific questions you might have.

Upon looking at the online deed records, I discovered she only bought this place 2 months ago and is already selling. 4.

Also if anyone knows of some in Houston Texas specifically that would be amazing.I'm so glad I found bigger pockets because you guys are some of the most encouraging , helpful and thoughtful people I've talk to in online community forums.

Although I am no longer a licensed agent in Texas, this is the time frame that it took me to go from un-licensed to licensed:Jan 3rd - Ordered course online from agentcampus.comJan 20th - Found broker to sponsor / hang licenseJan 30th - Submitted 150 completed course work to TRECMarch 1st - TREC responds needing finger printing & bg checkApril 15th - TREC BG check / Finger prints receivedApril 15th - Pay HAR/TAR/NAR/CSS/Broker duesApril 20th - License "active"May 1st - 1st contract writtenSo it takes roughly 5 months from start to finish.