It's not a job as much as starting a business, and you'll need to invest a fair amount of capital to get it rolling and start bringing customers in.The good is that hours can be very flexible, though to be successful, you'll need to make yourself available on your clients' schedule, whether that be weekends, evenings, etc.  

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If the house's value rises with inflation-2% ($110) then Brandon has 39.5% equity,   For the bank renewing Brandon's loan makes much more sense than issuing a new 80% loan to another customer.  

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Very relevant.  

As an educator I am in the business of also providing customer service.

What are your creative lending strategies or rates when relating to the "I want to sell to buy" now kind of customers. 

For this very reason we provide our customers with access to our Advanced Deal Analysis Software that allows you to know the details and the potential opportunity for every deal before we send evaluators out to the property.

As in any business customer retention is important.Any newbie will love a 50/50 split.