You have to taken step 1, so just figure out what steps 2 and 3 are and do them.Me personally, I experienced practically ALL the real estate strategies available for residential real estate.In 10 years...I wholesaled a LOT of deals, I did buy-fix-resell (retail) deals, subject to that I leased optioned, SFRs that I rented, I owned and resold land, I owned a 36-unit apartment building in a war zone, and I am part owner now of a 133-unit apartment complex in a nice area.After experiencing all these real estate strategies, I realized...1.

Most of the CE classes are targeted toward the broader Realtor market trying to sell pretty retail houses, which I could really care less about because that isn't my business.Back to my point, the education you will receive will prove very valuable and certainly put you in a better position to get involved in real estate.

If you are wholesaling work those leads fully independent of anything you are doing as an agent, other than disclosing that you are licensed.Grey areas I can see are if you get a lot of prospects that won't work as wholesales but would be possible retail listings.

But that may not make what's essentially a retail priced house go.Do you have it on craigslist?

No parking = rental in almost every case which makes for a more difficult retail sale. be careful there.Rules mentioned are just guidelines, not hard and fast or silver bullets.

I've been a manger in different retail environments the past few years.

You won't have a problem getting 107-108K retail ARV, which is not too shabby if you ask me.

I do mostly rehab flips these days and I only list about 1/3 of my stuff for sale myself and there has to be a pretty good reason for me to do it.Selling a property is a PITA to a retail buyer.

We also did some office/retail condos.

$500K (5 Homes ARV) $250K (5 Homes w/Existing Financing) $250K (Sweat Equity) $75K (5 Homes @ $15K each - Out of Pocket Investment) $175K (Gain) $233.33% (Gain) With $25K (Still in your pocket) Not to mention rental income and/or in conjunction with refinance (cash out) or another exit (refinanced or not) Sell Above Retail, with an increase of 20% (for future market appreciation - may vary location to location) proving a purchase price of $120K with a balloon in three to five years (with average of 20% down from potential buyer) - Which could place back in your pocket an immediate $120K for investing in additional real estate while still earning profit per month on notes you hold on all five (5) properties up to three to five years.