You can usually find an experienced professional to help you set it up or attend a class over a couple days to learn the ins and outs pretty affordable.I am not an expert on the matter but I have used QB in large institutional capital setting and it works just fine.

Hi my name is Tamika and I'm new to this site I would to become a real state investor so what bring me to this site is to find out more information on how to start out I have a friend that is looking to buy a house and ask me for help I think because he new I was taking a RE agent class so I ask him what he was looking for how he planed to buy and what areas he wanted to buy I'm just not sure how to help him and make this a deal for my self as we'll so I'm asking for some advice I live in nor CA San Francisco Bay Area

A real estate license class?

Obtaining and maintains your license costs money, from the classes, exam fees, license fees, broker fees, MLS fees, continuing education fees, etc.

I recently acquired a vacant 6 unit building in a very good area (definitely A class) using private money from my investor.I cater to a specific niche market of renters that allows me to charge considerably (~15%) more than market rent for my units.

There are low priced houses in the hood and there are low priced houses in good working class areas - knowing which property is in which area takes effort on your part.I know a lot of LA investors buy out of state.

Market cycles happens and it's part of all asset classes.

There's so much to be learned just by doing those things, and coming on BP asking questions.You may want to scale back some of the jobs you do and try to find a paying position working in construction or real estate, take classes in Real Estate, etc.

It's not a "war zone" by any means but it's more than an hour from my house and it's an older, working-class neighborhood.

thank you guys for the repliesI got these steps from an investor who gave a class that has a law background - and for step five his selling point wast that you have to deliver marketable title at closing not at signing - that's why he said that it's legal to sign a contract with the buyer first before having the actual property - but I agree that if the deal is good and you have a good buyer's database - it shouldn't really matter if he signs first or not and just puts an additional risk that doesn't need to be there - just my two cents and was looking for other people's opinionsthanks again!