We meet at Front Porch Coffee the first Tuesday of every month at 4pm (TODAY!)

That could be an option as well as one of the mentorship programs.

Also, the background you are presenting sounds like it should not be an issue to obtain a residential loan.I would suggest building that credit up, not opening up any other lines of credit and create a portfolio that you can show to the lender that describes all your sources of income.

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If you want to do it up as an agent, bigger brokerages will work for you and train you better, but NYC is one of the toughest places to be an agent in the country.

That will be an extra $1500-$3000 in insurance premiums you will pay because of the claim.If your roof is $5000 to replace, and you have a $2500 deductible, you are actually could lay out more over the next few years. 

Unfortunately, I don't have any rentals available, but when you get here if you want to grab coffee & chat, I'm in!

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1) Continue letting this asset be an investment for them through interest WITHOUT the stress or headache of managing it.

There seems to be an active debate at my workplace as to whether small investors really need LLC’s as opposed to having adequate insurance and umbrella policy to cover those.