Made my first offer on a place last week.

What about those marginal deals  .. . . if you are a wholesaler, you know those deals, the seller wants too much for you to buy and your wholesale assignment fees would be about the same as a commission so why not list it - I have made up to $5,000 in commission listing a house I was too scared to buy or even option.  

Quickbooks really isn't made for real estate. 

Made an offer on a great fixer-up property.

@Robin Wilk, you can always solve a "I'm breaking a promise I made at the closing table" problem by paying a mortgage off in full, which generally happens when you sell a home.

Hey all,I've been reading up on buy-and-hold, first-time real estate investment for a few months now, and have made my way through a bunch of Bigger Pockets podcast episodes, so I felt like it was time to introduce myself on the forums, too.My name's Shane and I'm originally from the Northwest, have been here in Los Angeles for 3 years now, and I'm looking to buy my first property ever.

The school ratings and low crime rate is what attracted us to the Sherwood area.We made an offer on the house originally to be the house that we live in.

.- I have to work under a broker for 2 years before I can apply for my brokers license in state of FL- I have to split my commission profit with broker and all funds/payments must be made out directly to the broker- the percentage commission I negotiate with property owners is my decisionDetermine best path to form Vacation Rental Property Management company being aware of my new status a sales associate- can I start my own business entity to establish and brand my VR management company now, or would/should I just wait the 2 years, get brokers license and then do so.

So it's enough to send out 3 times which I plan on doing 6 times and on a monthly basis.Next I had a lead capturing website made with logo design.

You made a great start by joining Bigger Pockets.