Currently I am mid way through with my classes to obtain an Illinois real estate license, and my expectation is to add extra capital to my investment fund by working as a broker part time outside my regular job. 

Can hit the 1% rule and be all in for under $150k with ~$15k extra forced equity (or more if you are skilled at acquisitions and repairs).

@Scott SchumacherThese are 1 owner searches, although we do go the extra mile if we need to go back a few.  

I have taken the 40H class and looking to sign up for the test for the purpose of; making extra $ in RE --- getting closer to my market --- overall improvement of investing.  

If there is extra I have a shed to do .

I figure the extra intel helps MY clients so I'm all ears. 

Now TRY to find any 2,3,4-plex that will duplicate that $636 - - doubtful it can be done, as the extra expenses would eat the cash flow.

Whenever I said that,  they were very very appreciative of my 'kind heart' and really worked extra hard to do what I told him to do for other things.

This recession has been extremely hard on new residential construction, and not left us with a lot of extra cash.  

I picked up a part time job doing delivery for a pizzeria, and while the people around me are laughing at me because they see a 30 year old delivery guy, they do not know that I took the job to not just make extra money to fund my marketing but to also be able to drive for dollars and get to know my surrounding areas.