Here's a little advice I gave another Broker starting out:A little regular income would be good.Get Teamed up with a Top Producing Broker at a local Brokerage.A Killer Deal will soon emerge and you can jump on it!

As long as you regularly make your mortgage payments and do not plan on getting another primary residence loan, you should be alright. 

Generally, BP asks that deal terms not be promoted in the forums, but I will reach out personally with contact info.

Tenants sometime make the assumption that the person that owns the real estate is rich, make sure they understand you are just a regular person who will have to budget for expenses.

A Reg D fund will cost anywhere from $15K-$30K to have a competent securities attorney write the PPM, Operating agreements, disclosures, do the appropriate filings and provide guidance for promoting your fund while staying compliant with SEC and state securities regulations. 

I see posts on a regular basis about building a team.

Mike, what's the pricing look like for regular O&E reports and full property reports?  

They have very clean homes, good prices and only a 5% premium, just not sure if they are legit or scam. genesisauctions dot com.Not sure if I can put site address in forum, not promoting them, just need to know if they can be trusted.Thanks.

Almost certainly for something along the lines of what @Richard C. mentions.Figuring out how to avoid getting caught doesn't change the fact you're engaging in criminal activity to promote your business.  

My reply to this is that I will give you my regular fair price on the first 6 , and I will discount the last one .