Electrical engineering degree, MBA and a bunch of corporate experience in the technology sector.

In nov. of last year joined BP to improve my RE iq these are the type of discussions that allow multiple perspectives from seasoned pro's and newbies a like...I'm always up to learn.  

There are serious generational gaps with strategy, motivation, intention, technology, and wealth that prohibit constructive interaction much more than gender. 

And, based on what you said above, it sounds like you'd agree that if a great number of Indians and Asians in technology decided to move out of the U.S., it would impact market values negatively in areas where technology is a large part of the employment base.Well, as someone with strong ties to the technology section -- and a lot of Indian and Asian friends in technology -- it seems pretty clear to me that there a strong trend towards Indians and Asians in the technology industry to head back to their country of origin to pursue technology opportunities. 

They include Kvcore and Kunversion and both are provided to all eXp agents as part of your account when you join eXp. eXp charges each agent a small monthly “technology” fee and these two resources are part of that.

As a recent network and systems administrator - I get technology.

I see all the Guru infomercials and wouldn't buy anything new from them because I'm in enterprise technology sales and know that if it sounds to good to be true it usually is.

I'm also having a big RE networking event at SFSU in Nov this year where I'll have out of state investor speakers/vendors from different markets.. 

The key for me has been (through trial and error unfortunately) finding 2 good contractors who I can be almost entirely hands off with and leveraging some basic technology so I focus most of my time and attention on finding deals.I've found that in order to do a decent volume of houses the vast majority of my time and attention needs to be on finding good deals, since that's the hardest part of this.Having really solid contractors who can make some minor paint/tile/house layout decisions and do a decent job with it has been crucial.Also- leveraging basic technology- for example I have a part time employee I pay to go around to all my rehabs once per week to take 5-10 minute videos and upload them to my google drive.

The start up fees were nominal with a rather small monthly office/technology fee.