I chose eXp Realty because of their "cloud-based" concept and the revenue share program they have for earning passive income and I really liked the managing broker and the 80/20 commission split they offer.

Earn and learn as a limited partner. 

Experience, track record and relationships are all important ingredients when working with your local bank.

On average, what do new agents earn?

I think I would only pull out the cash if I knew I could put it to work earning more than it costs me.

Your management company should use an analytical model that adds credit, income, job stability, and other factors to determine an applicant’s financial situation.You want to ensure that the tenant earns sufficient money to pay the rent, and that they don’t have a history of not paying their bills or significant debts.

So every month I ended up spending less money than I have earned.

If you do not repatriate all of your earnings in the same year they occur then you lose the Foreign tax credit and hence doubly taxed.

I’ve earned and paid for the privilege for access.

@Carlene Antonio one metric a lot of investors use is to measure the amount of money you could gain by selling against how many years it would take to earn the same amount of cash flow.