Since I was in aTexas and planned on staying there I found out that I was qualified for a broker license, so I took the test and got a license, in 1980.  

Hey BP,I've got a potential deal I'm considering: 3 units (all 1/1) for a good price (still have to test drive the neighboorhood).  

I have watched 3 pod cast.... 3 hours of my life and I already am ready to try to do some test evaluations.

I have been a property manager for over 15 years and my speciality is low income housing and inner city management, so I am very familiar with the issues that landlords face (drugs,crime, and the like).2. 

Plan on paying $30 per year per unit to register your property with the state and paying about $175-200 for testing at every turnover (depending on the size of the unit and if it has original windows or not).I recently was looking at a 7-unit in Hagerstown's north end and on paper from the seller it looked like a great deal, but once I ran all the expenses myself, (oh yeah, they left out a bunch of stuff!)

I'd urge you to pass the test and team up with a brokerage which fosters the development of new agents.  

They offer a practice test book that my teacher frequently recommended. here on Amazon.com Dearborn is the company that publishes our books, and they have a smartphone app that people in my class seemed to like.  

I'm taking the test this coming week. 

@Chris Martin Hey thanks i have read this i plan to take my test next month i have been done with school for about 10 months just been to busy to take it .

First impression was that the areas we went through could be called transitional in the sense that they were going from one gang to the next, and the drug of choice was probably changing often, but David reminded us that in every neighborhood there are good people, good families and good tenants that need a safe and decent place to live.