Hello All, Overall, I am trying to transition from my 9-5 to purely real estate investing.  

I'll give it a shot but I may get skewered here so at least let me throw a disclaimer:DISCLAIMER: Nothing to follow is anything more than entertainment and purely for personal enjoyment value.

She was drinking, staggering and slurring during this event.   

If you don't want to have to deal with rehabs then that would eliminate flips as well so at that point you should consider turnkey properties for pure passive income.

I just recently bought the property and my experience in vetting tenants is purely residential.

And drink clean water.

With regards to licensing/union 'ladders' - perhaps there's a correlation there between achievement of (for instance) journeyman or years in a union - however even if that was true - there doesn't appear to be correlation between the 'other' important things - caring a little, not drinking on the job, not stealing stuff, etc.I don't know.

Ouch that sounds harsh. have a drink and brush it off. 

I read decent reviews online, but I am always wary of "pure internet player" much easier to fall into a scam.

Being a licensed agent and eventually broker, might give you some credibility in dealing with other agents.For purely investment purposes, a real estate license carries no value in my opinion.Decide which kind of investor you want to be (SFR, Commercial, Land, Tax Liens, HML, Multi-Family, Notes, Fix & Flip, Buy & Hold, “Subject To”, apartments, duplexes, assisted living, REOs, Foreclosures, Short Sales), etc..