It actually saves me $9 per month. 

I had to have Anderson re-do one of my LLC's from the other guys to save me money in annual state fees ..I look at it this way, as long as my business/investment income covers the costs I don't have a problem paying for reliable - worry free information and work.

Now that I am in position, I would like to place a mobile home to generate some passive income, but I don't want to use my savings for the down payment.

I’m definitely open to exploring roles in property management, lending, and transaction coordinator to help me learn the ropes and save for a down payment.

Both are excellent platforms which save people immense amount of work and tme by compiling all the critical data you need in 1 place but there leads are way behind the county recorders/courts/notices i.e the source of most motivated seller leads.

It will allow you to roll existing retirement funds into the 401k (save Roth IRA) and self direct those funds.  

I know I won’t actually be getting that right away because it should be going to savings for emergency funds for the property.

If you are considering getting rid of them anyway try to move some of the reservations to your own Direct Booking or even to Airbnb if you can provide a savings to the client. 

When cycle gets tougher then those marginal agents sales dry up and they go back to that j-o-b especially since they did not save and spent all their money on trips, bigger houses, nicer cars,etc.Good LuckI hope you are one of the few that make it long term. 14 years in the business and still having record sales year after year.The best nugget of info I can give is constantly out learn your competition.

Starting in your 30's is in some cases better in that you are more mature and disciplined about saving and settled.