Nice to hear reinforcing encouragement  on just jumping in despite the frightening market.

Thanks for the encouragement @Wave Taylor, @Ronald Olivera, @Anthony Nici, @Mark Graffagnino, @Phil Earley & @Charlie Fitzgerald.  

This is not to discourage you but encourage you, if this is the path you want to take it will take work but it will be worth it.

Dont get me wrong though I highly encourage anybody that wants to work for himself in the Real Estate field but I did want to give you fair warning that it is a long process.  

The baseboard mounted thermostats could be eliminated and everything tied to a wall mounted thermostat, obviously at an increased cost.A lot of homes up here in Ontario built during the 60's were encouraged to use baseboard heating as it was efficient and electrical costs at the time were quite low.

utm_source=search&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=booksSimply, bone up on the areas that you need to expand knowledge in such as, Forums, Marketplace, Learn, Network, Analyze and Resources.Feast on the Podcasts, #askbp Podcasts, blogs and webinars Lastly, this site thrives on interactions and as such we encourage two way exchanges and look forward to educational and thought provoking ideas relevant to REI.

Im a former Army Officer, I encourage you to start now.

IF you encourage your clients and others to do so you are opening yourself up to serious E&O liability.

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If you get there and they are more talking, showing you around, and asking a bunch of questions then they are more interactive.