There have been numerous blog articles on setting goals over the years and performing a simple search on "setting goals" will give you a ton of info to get you started.  

I am looking into getting a license but don't want to delay the next two properties I hope to close this year.You would think with the public threads like this one that show up every couple of months that numerous realtors would be posting that they are investor friendly.

While they haven't correlated exactly, as an entrepreneur I have been good at filling the blanks with trial and error :)

That gives backup-often error checking.

Why mess around with your none binding LOI if they are getting numerous other offers on state approved contract forms?

I am just starting my educational process with regards to real estate investing and as I listen to numerous podcasts the topic of mentors is consistent. 

And remember your broker carries errors and omissions insurance which canbe an incentive for an unscrupulous buyer or seller to file a lawsuit if a deal goes sideway.

However, we saw numerous other houses in Toledo not worth a second glance due to neighborhood or high price relative to condition.   

(b) No action to recover damages for any deficiency, defect, omission, error, or miscalculation in a survey or plat shall be brought against registered surveyors or their employees engaged in the practice of land surveying who performed or furnished such survey or plat more than six years from the date of the survey or plat.

So a few hundred basis points in error is a big problem.