In dealing with government agencies, you quickly learn why the budget is totally out of control.

Good luck and lesson learned. 

Depending how much you earn you can step up those savings by getting a side-hustle in any part of real estate....working for a top Real Estate office on weeknights and weekends, working for an RE Investor, working for a General Contractor and learning a few skills, etc.

@Paul Baldwin - I have found there are two ways to understand/learn something....find someone who already knows or teach/learn yourself...the later works, but just takes longer and often has room for more errors.There's no true cheat sheet until you have done enough projects in your specific area!

By analyzing metrics like sales figures and listing effectiveness ratings AI driven tools such as Relitixs "switch risk rating" and "rookie potential rating" enable recruiters to prioritize their actions and uncover agents with potential.Furthermore AI is constantly evolving, with machine learning algorithms adjusting to market shifts and refining grading systems, for accuracy and relevance.

We are cash flowing Lessons learned?

We are making thousands a month Lessons learned?

I can certainly appreciate the preference of books to really deepen your learning -- but I'd lean on those podcasts and videos to at least give yourself a direction to go in as far as what you want to be doing.

In other words, learn to buy with low or now downpayment (read Brandon Turner's book) and look into tactics like wholesaling and subject to.

Looking forward to making new connections. learning from others and scaling my real estate portfolio.