If you are going to be a successful businessman then you need two things among others:1) the ability to plan out how you are going to conduct your business2) the financial discipline to manage and grow your assets while limiting your liabilities.In this particular business (real estate investing) our two biggest assets are our credit and our cash on hand (followed very closely by our own personal education/knowledge).

The second is to go to the CA Bureau of Consumer Affairs at http://www.dca.ca.gov/index.htmlThey're there to help.

Most if not all major metro cities are growing including the areas around them (within logical commuting range).

I think it is a great place for newbies to start and to learn and grow from there.

The idea of profit sharing is rewarding agents for growing the company and they call it a downline.

Looking to start with a few rental properties with some cash flow, but my plan is to invest long term and grow into some larger multi-family properties.

The site is really starting to grow quickly now.

Welcome to the forum, Heather.The forum is a great place for you to learn and grow in your real estate journey.We're glad you're here.

I just don't think finding the deal is so time consuming that you have to pay for the work, but then again why do the work if it only saves few hundred dollars?

But again, it depends on where you are...Union (NC) county is growing super fast and now Gastonia is supposed to be one of the new hot spots...Oh, and Lake Wylie is slowly turning into Lake Norman...which has boomed in the last 5 years like crazy.