Get educated on the local market, look at prices, cost per sq. ft. and what finishes, lot sizes, etc. are so that you're comparing apples to apples.

What area, in particular, are you looking to educate yourself on?

Like I said I am totally green in the world of real estate and looking for as much education as possible.

On advice: I would recommend that all member of your partnership team spend a little bit of time on bigger pockets getting educated and listening to podcasts.

I’m finding this is more important than a lot of my “education” haha

Buyer will be less qualified for the same amount of loan; in plain English, buyers cannot afford the price of the property that he or she is looking at to buy at the higher rate….An educated buyer agent should search more (work harder) to find a similar property for his buyer, it is not a bad idea to search for motivated sellers or short sales.

Hello,I have seen the creative side of the members within this forum so thought I would try and leverage all of the different ideas that are out there.

If you plan to buy multiple properties a year you will save on commission, it’s another source of revenue,you can bid on multiple properties, it’s leverage to network with other agents, you learn the valuation of property, and most importantly you move on your terms.Having an agent license is very beneficial when starting out and you have a full time job.

These loans are tough to get and typically are lower leverage 30-50%.

For the past few months I’ve been getting my education( listening to BP podcast, reading books, etc).