They get paid to package, present and occasionally facilitate closing a loan. 

I own my own company as a principal broker.Being that you are a residential agent mainly and do not have the training yet you would want to look into commercial real estate firms.Residential brokerages will have an occasional piece of land they are selling for development or a small office or a mom and pop type gas station but that's not where the career is at.In commercial people specialize.

@Gordon Cuffe Do you mind pinging me with occasional off-market properties? 

I was not as worried about repairs, other than the occasional, but Section 8 is supposed to reimburse damages.

The house hack is a perfect way to get started, it affords you a home base at a minimal cost.You could even consider doing a short term rental occasionally in the unit you live in if you set it up correctly for a little added income on top of the permanently rented units.Happy to walk you through the steps of the process in the Phoenix market.

But, if you occasionally do need to back out, try to back out of the deal that will cause the least repercussions to your reputation.

This is why you'll occasionally have a deal that title discovers a lien or defect at the last minute, despite a prelim being prepared months in advance.We solve this problem with ours deals, due to long ownership periods by decedents and the kinds of challenges that life gave them (judgments, bail bonds, etc.), by submitting the S.I. up front and insisting that the T.O. run it through general index upon opening the order.

GAREIA has a class occasionally.

Occasionally, I will allow the tenant to pay those over the first two months of the lease.  

I am  real estate agent in Utah, whom is focusing on buy and hold, with the occasional flip.I was on BP a while back and have listened to most of Brandon's podcasts.I have read cover to cover The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money DownThe Book on Flipping HousesThe Book on Estimating Rehab Costs I have listened to the entire The 2012 Bigger Pockets Summit - Conference Audio My goal is to build a JV relationship with a investor to get started.Hard work does not scare me!