I know I'm several months out from making my first purchase, still consuming information and knowledge but I'm already trying to use the calculators, plan deals, ETC. 

If you can do the additional rehab for $23,000 that means at retail a consumer will have to figure closer to $30,000. 

Luckily, there are quite a number of areas that should fit the bill and this is a incredibly rich Market as far as reaching a large number of consumers...so hopefully you will see some solid growth in your business.

Spending money to purchase a better rate is your prerogative as a mortgage consumer.

And the RE classes are time consuming and a lot of cramming.....That being said having RE license is certainly helpful.

/ backyard space preferences, because you want to think like an investor, not a consumer.

That's suspiciously like: thinking like a consumer, not an investor! 

I'm definitely looking forward to consuming the wealth of information available on here.

This is good for consumers in that you can price/rate shop far and wide. 

Houston Real Estate Highlights in October Single-family home sales continued their post-Hurricane Harvey rebound as volume rose 7.5 percent year-over-year with 6,381 units sold;Single-family home sales remain 2.8 percent ahead of 2016’s year-to-date volume;Total property sales increased 6.6 percent with 7,614 units sold;Total dollar jumped 10.8 percent to $2.1 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.9 percent to $226,491, which represents an October high;The single-family home average price increased 2.7 percent to $285,858, also the highest level for an October;Single-family homes months of inventory grew year-over-year to a 3.9-months supply, but is down from a 4.3-months pre-Harvey peak – the result of a surge in consumer demand for housing;Townhome/condominium sales rose 5.8 percent, with the average price down 1.1 percent to $195,393 and the median price down 3.1 percent to $153,000;Leases of single-family homes rose 13.6 percent with the average rent up 2.8 percent to $1,776;Volume of townhome/condominium leases jumped 34.8 percent with average rent up 2.9 percent to $1,533.HAR still encourages anyone who has housing available for temporary occupancy (up to 12 weeks) to please post it on our Harvey Temporary Housing page at www.har.com/temporaryhousing to provide housing to those in need.http://www.har.com/content/mls/?