Jason,I occasionally see listings in my area that say "seller's _____ is a licensed agent", where you can fill in the blank with a variety of family member relationships (brother, husband, etc).

Other than occasionally having to ask yourself, "do you really need that", it's not much of a sacrifice - we're pretty happy with what we have.

I occasionally attend for $38/each time if they have a great speaker, but that's it.

@BILL GULLEYThanks for the info, I'm primarily interested in buy and hold from single family homes up to 8units , possibly an occasional fix & flip, for the experience.

I've flipped some myself and loved the numbers :).I'm interested in learning more about wholeselling, get more experience in flipping (as my main focus), and occasionally acquire multi-unit properties for rent

I've not gotten an "overall" rating of less than 5 stars after implementing these tips and the majority of ratings are all 5 stars in every category but I still get an occasional 4 stars on value.(1) I swear the most effective tip has been sending a message to guests the day following checkin: "[guest first name],  It's Carolyn.

I'm a single mom of 2 young kids so can't risk being one of the occasional realtors that gets murdered.  

Occasionally they are "overlooked" by the courthouse.If the property is vacant you should get immediate possession.

Meet occasionally and have a "how we doing" lunch.But the main thing, is try to keep this simple!

One option that crosses my mind very occasionally is to move into an up/down duplex with an FHA loan and rent my current primary...