Anything anyone can add would be helpful as I have 16 residential properties and partnership in a shopping center but this side of the business is brand-new to me. 

Short term shop all the way! 

Almost every new agent asks about splits...easy thing...I'd rather go to a shop with 90/10 split vs 50/50 split....but this is probably the least of a new agents worries for the first year or two.   

I've had success and plan to continue it with my properties here because there are alot of Airmen near the base who get a housing allowance and if they find somewhere to stay thats less they keep the remainder.

To keep material costs down we shop Facebook market place for kitchen cabinets and etc.

I own a house on a dead end street that has a railroad repair line (where they drag a few train cars for repair to the shop) on the back property line and an interstate highway on the other property line, and even though I would never live there and think the noise is terrible a lot of the time (no sound barriers anywhere, though I have trees and bushes), I have never had a penny of trouble renting this house and have had some long term tenants in there who told me the sound of the highway put them to sleep. 

He has been helping me shop for a couple properties this year (unfortunately didn’t close due to a fire the week before closing and a seller going mia). 

For new construction, it is not uncommon to see 1-2% in lender origination plus Underwriting/Processing fees.My thoughts are you may want to shop around a bit. 

Ended up friends with these guys and it was great to have someone to talk shop with and get ideas from outside of BP since everyone I know in real life is either a poor slob or has no interest in real estate whatsoever.

Buy a small engine repair shop.