Licensed realtors have access to a database that provides more detailed info on condo buildings.

Some benefits of getting your license are that you can:1) Get access to the MLS and new properties hitting the market before investors without their license2) When you sell the property you save on the sales commission you would normally pay your listing agentYou don't need a license though.

But the broker can talk other brokers on the team into sharing private listings and split commissions.I have been successful getting access to some deals with this strategy but the deals were never good enough to close.

How would shared access work?

Grabbing a 12 unit steal in an up and coming neighborhood is the path to awesome profit, if you're right :)Print out the surrounding 6-8 blocks and see exactly what is going on in the area.  

The ones near the house are almost blocking part of the window.

For the students I think I will go to a bank deposit if they want but the bank is on the corner a block away and they have to pass it when they leave the house so that is the only reason I will do that.

Being 23 we don't have access to that kind of capital!

What's been most useful to me has been:-becoming a Pro member and getting increased access to the BP assets-getting on the weekly webinars with @Brandon Turner-listening to the podcasts-jumping in and devouring as much *free* info here on BP from the experienced investors as I can-connecting with colleagues here-attending meetings, networking, and getting in front of as many people as possibleJump in with both feet!  

Check out the resources page of BP for some more.MLS: Unless you already have access get with a realtor that understands the investor mindset and is willing to work with you.