Aaron,congratulations on your imprisonment, i mean Engagement !

I am also engaged to a beautiful, smart nurse named Kim who also has an interest in real estate.

You need to engage a competent CPA who can go over "your" specific fact pattern with you and advise you accordingly.

In the paragraph numbered 1 of the Love Funding Engagement Letter of August 20,2015 was this statement: LFC will have the exclusive right to represent Borrower in its application to HUD in connection with this project for the purpose of obtaining Section 223(f) mortgage insurance for the Loan and all meetings and correspondence with HUD will be accomplished solely through LFC.In the paragraph numbered 6 of the same letter, was this statement:Any amounts not used will be refunded or credited to the Borrower at the Loan closing.In the paragraph numbered 11 of the said Engagement Letter were these sub-paragraphs:(ii) Each party agrees to the use of binding arbitration administered by the American ArbitrationAssociation to resolve any claim for damages related to or arising from this Letter Agreement, the Firm Commitment or documents executed in connection with closing the Loan (the "Loan Documents").Borrower and LFC each hereby waives its rights to a trial by jury and agrees not to file any complaintfor damages, engage in any legal action or proceeding in any court, or appeal the outcome of a finaland binding arbitration.

So long story short, I'm hear to learn and observe the lessons shared here from the many experienced people who are actively engaged in real estate.

So if my ultimate goal was to own a brokerage, one of my action steps would have to be to obtain a real estate salesperson’s license.To identify a mentor, join some local REIAs and continue to engage here on BP.

Memphis works almost all the time (good cash-flow but low appreciation).If you're thinking about other markets, you may want to consider scheduling a free strategy session with one of our Investment Counselors. 

Example: I'll jog through key areas that I think I might have potential to attract buyers, I'll engage people in conversation/negotiation daily, and I'm thinking about knocking out my appraisers license right after I get my real estate license.

University of Chicago and NBER (source)The DOJ and the FTC have brought several suits against Real Estate Boards for engaging in behavior that restrains trade [1] [2] [3] [4].  

Being able to source very specified mailing list, as well as use our creative team to come up with really disruptive and engaging campaigns has helped keep clients happy and remailing month after month.