Of course what I've learned thus far is probably jus the very top of the iceberg or as we like to say here in Albuquerque, "The Tip of the Sandia's"!  

I'll want to separate my personal and business expenses from the very beginning and I will be opening a business checking account and business credit card to help me do that.

., try this: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/8121/51415-pro...They have deleted this on me before, they told me it had too many links to an outside site, like i was promoting it, i removed the links but left one recognition of who the author was, because i'm not taking credit for something i did not write, and yet they still delete it from the blogs, but it is on my list of blogs .

I also don't want my credit to take a hit with all this loan activity. 

Whether you use an Equity Line Of Credit, or private loans, there's no escaping the hit your current cash flow would take!

Any advice or tips about the Broker's Exam and what to do after I pass it would be appreciated.  

My renters would really like to buy it but her credit isn't quite good enough for conventional (620ish).

Martin ,,the other thing is folks that get scammed are usually quite reluctant to post about it.. one they don't want to be embarressed that they sent 500.00 to that nice person on BP who promised them a private money loan at 5% interest for 30 years with nothing down and no real credit.. this is RAMPANT on all social media from BP to Linkdin to Facebook.

Also good tip on buying over 1500 at home depot, I was not aware they discount past that threshold. 

Just came back from a local REIA meeting, the presenter(property manager) recommended contacting the supplier to find good contractor. Local supplier should know who got the most projects. Did anyone using the same me...