Then when something goes wrong you'll be prepared, and feeling prepared takes a lot of fear out of it.   

I'm glad you found us and hope we can continue to help you as you prepare to make some money with real estate.Best, Josh

They're planning ahead, preparing for their upcoming move. 

I ran a commercial rental real estate engagement that comprisd of 156 consolidated companies (not including the disregarded SMLLCs) and was on the workflow efficiency team to create standardized Excel workbooks for Residential Real Estate Partnerships for all of the offices of the firm to utilize when preparing partnership returns.

Then, if they accept your offer, be prepared to cough up a certified check right away.

It is raw ground so you do need to have some capital to prepare the lots for construction.

Turbo Tax is extremely sub par for preparing any return with extensive investments and/or self employment income.

I currently have a regular 9-5 job and in 25% tax bracket.Is there anything I could do to be better prepared?

He does the title search in preparation for the closing.

I agree with the 'get your license' consensus.While passing a test in no way prepares you to make money for yourself or others, it does expose the licensee to the basics of real estate such as ownership benefits, title, basic documents, some law, financing, valuation, ethics and duties of an agent and of brokers.It's scary how little many agent know, however.