Strengthening the interconnections between your tenants and local businesses sets the stage for a stronger community.

Make sure to be ready to handle change management carefully in the contract and execution stage.  

I am still in the basic learning stage but with all the kind folks on here I suspect the learning curve will not be too bad .  

I am also new to this RE world too~ i still in learning stage after vesting more than 20k on my real estate course three months back..I am a full time employee (and a mom of 2 yr old) in NY area~ Best wishes to your success and lets do keep in touch~Thank you Andrew for the list!

Think of it as the awkward in between stage, where you are the "ugly" duckling". 

I am in my early stage of my career and would like to be well informed in things related to RE.  

Completely staged!

I have been in the education stage for 9 months, and am ready to get my feet wet.

(At this stage you might not need to know how many yachts you want or where you will spend your holidays).

Dawn is right, ask them to "pre-qualify" you for a mortgage, the next stage can be obtaining a loan approval subject to the property, but pre-qualification will let you know what price range you can look at.