I attended a training seminar recently where they beat into us "structure drives behavior!"

-Those foreigner students that you didn't stop your "friends" from hassling in college?  

Attending meetings generates lots of noise that needs to be filtered.  

We missed out on a deal yesterday because of a group showing of a home and the other party in attendance wrote a check on the spot. 

Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

And you get the benefit of having over 100 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

We have no college education but we also have no debt.

Take time to respond on forums, make connections with other active members, make those calls, and attend those meetings because no matter what direction you take in real estate each new relationship can easily have a lot of dollar signs attached to it for all involved.Quick info on the deal:My first deal is a 1200 sq/ft Cape Cod I am adding 850 sq/ft to and converting in to a 3bed 2.5 bath colonial.

Licensed p/c agent.As rates vary greatly from area, to construction, to tenants, there are too many factors involved that give you an accurate rule of thumb.What I've been using is $1,000 for SFR, $1,500 for a 2-4 family rental, and $2,000 for college student rental.I know that the rates won't be higher than that, so anything I'm off by is just gravy.

Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.