I figured now's probably the best time to take some risks given that I'm financially stable and have build up a good amount of savings.

So I just recently passed my real estate salesperson exam (about 3 weeks ago) and I am now in the process of trying to figure out which brokerage company I want to work for.

I drive a lot for work and figure just to be able to get into key lock boxes (after checking with listing agent of course) it would be nice along with the access to mls.

You need to figure out your community, if there are a lot of growing families, 2 and 3 bed units will be more attractive.

Assuming the deal will leave you a juicy 5 figure fee or more, you will probably have to double close unless the buyer is paying cash.

Still new to REI and trying to figure out the best option for managing my own properties.Thanks in advance!

This was somewhat in 'story format' going all the way back to my grandfather investing in the 70s in the silicon valley up to the fact we have managed our own businesses for 2 decades, and our past experience with rentals, pictures of our current places (we take very good care of them) including things like the fact that our vacancy runs less than 2% but we still figure 5% into our projections to be conservative. 

I'm trying to figure this out where I use as little of my own money as possible.

Still trying to figure this thing out.

Figure in a water bill in the range of 250 per month.