@Wendy Schultz You can get licensed in Tennessee for around $500-700, most of that being your pre-licensing education.

Research the niche that interests you and get educated.

@Mel Hayes if it is a standard insurance carrier, you may be able to switch before the 6 month period is up without penalty. 

Because of that and the fact that my father did mostly commercial real estate for about 40 years and my college education with honors have helped me very much. 

Hello BP,Who loves Car University? What books have you been reading? This may be off topic of real estate, but I believe in self development. More tools can never hurt.Not just RE and investment books, more books like...

We meet the last Thursday of every month and, frankly, we have some really excellent educational events every month.

These properties are available during an “owner occupant only” buying period.  

Hello all at BP, My name is Kyle and I just received my M.A. in Education, teaching PE in the Bay Area in California.

I'm at a point I'm sure many other new investors in BP are at where significant time self educating has been spent, but are struggling with the lack of experience or network to make some of the strategies and guidelines recommended work in the near future.Going back through podcasts and posts led me to @Brian Burke's blog post from several years ago about needing base hits before you can get the grand slam.

On Commercial notes from community banks and credit unions you may notice that the loans will balloon at the end of the term period and often times the term is shorter than the period they amortize for your monthly payment so at the end of the term you're left with a sizeable balance to payoff or refinance again.