Good networking with other newbies like myself as well as those of various levels of experience, those with and without non-REI day jobs, those looking to buy, looking to sell, or just looking for solid info.  

Me and my wife combine currently make $55K a year which will potential go to $70k a year with my new job offer.

There are some other meet ups but they are during the week, which conflicts with my day job. 

Currently work a full time job and saving money to make this transition into being a full time agent less risky.I'm searching to see if there are any top producing agents in my area on Biggerpockets.

Not the cheapest VA but does a great job, and efficient.

Long story, but I'll try to simplify: My wife got a one year contract job at a university about an hour away from our primary residence.

Scale is important to business and SFR is really hard to scale, maybe some of my risk analysis is over reaching...because it's my job, but I still think it's important to look at the longest term possible.

During my day job when I get this question - I just tell them honestly.

The reality is that if you target $10-20K profit, it is fully expected that the occasional deal will come in at $5K due to unforeseen issues.

I have a nice job with a real estate company and, although real estate investing has never been something I considered, I just started to as of late.IDEAL NICHE:  At the present moment, I would like to invest in vacant land only and resell it on terms using seller financing to generate a positive cash flow.