My three cents: a) First focus on passing the exam; once you passed your exam then brokers will be more inclined to speak with you, than if you are planning to take the exam [even if you do follow through with it]. b) If you will be generating most of your leads on your own AND you can prove to be a trustworthy "by-the-rule" agent, then you should be in a better position to negotiate with a broker, since they will not need to babysit you or cannibalize any of their own leads. 

I have found three properties that I am interested in looking at, but there is certainly one that stands out from the three, and I will be seeing them this coming Sunday at 11am. 

Three different business modelsPurchasing notes at a discount requires sourcing notes, analyzing notes, negotiating price, and raising the capital to fund the purchaseBrokering notes is an intermediary function which requires sourcing notes, sourcing buyers, and connecting the two by best fitFactoring is the purchase of receivables and requires sourcing businesses with receivables and cash flow problems, analyzing the receivables, negotiating terms, and raising capital for the purchase of receivables, and collecting on the receivables.In actuality, factoring is the highest risk highest return.  

., EU and many parts of Asia Pacific are spending gains from rising incomes, low interest rates and low oil prices, which should support GDP growth.Rents | In 2016, global prime rents across the three major property types—office, industrial and retail—are expected to grow 2.2% on an annual basis, according to estimates from CBRE’s Global Rent Index.Capital Markets | Global commercial real estate investment markets are expected to remain active in 2016, but the pace of growth is anticipated to slow after six years of recovery and price appreciation.Office | Most U.S. and European office markets are expected to tighten further in 2016 as demand for space is expected to outpace limited new development.

I will have a mapped out plan for the next three years.Hope to learn and communicate through some of you in the coming days, months, and years.

Assuming you target a specific market (one, two, three zip codes or neighborhoods, for example), and define some buying criteria (property type, condition, square footage, etc), there will not be enough people for you to market to to generate a crazy call volume.

I actually ended up buying three properties from that campaign. 2 with hard money and 1 with 1031 funds.

I’ve been working for the USPS as a mail processing clerk for the past three years - I handle and organize letters and packages (via methods of machine sorting and hand sorting) for the carrier routes the next morning.Overall, the post office has treated me well, putting fairly decent checks in my pocket with some pretty sweet benefits to go along with them.

I've read three real estate books already and the more I read the more passionate I become about it.

I get one low life after another with evictions, criminal histories, low income but thinks they can afford it (75% of income on rent), they are going to pay the landlord who evicted them from their first apartment three years ago back even though I have had all this time to do it and still haven't, he evicted them after their first month it wasn't their fault, I'm innocent, blah bla blah.