Wholesaling and fix and flips could be a means to get a little more up front cash flow than what buy and hold initially offers.

I have had the property listed for about a week now, and I have generated decent interest with utilities included. 

(minimum/maximum nights, pets, etc.)What kind of rental income does this unit generate?

You can generate leads that nobody knows about because you marketed directly to them.

One may generate a lis pendens but, that lien gets cleared once the debt is paid.

The trick is that a lot of them (like the Weichert office I initially went to work for when I got licensed) tell a great story about "continuous, ongoing training", but fail to deliver.Best bet in my opinion is to talk with another agent who got great start-up help and sign on there.

Those costs can be mitigated and delayed to a later date, but that raises the initial price you pay for the property.  

Here in Marathon they initially started licensing for free to stimulate the market, now they are MAKING  a killing on license fees and taxes.  

If repairs are more than initially estimated, renegotiate the purchase price accordingly.

I would also like to work for a brokerage that could help me generate leads (feel free to call me out if this is a naive expectation).What I can’t offer in experience to my future brokerage, I will make up for with drive and a willingness to learn.