Leasing – Broker Commissions – Commercial leases (office, retail, industrial) many times have multiyear terms (3-5, even 10 years) which commercial brokers typically get paid a percentage of total value on.

Hello Account Closed mentioned nailing down what you are looking to do in the industry. 

@Patty Cox its awesome you have found a great spot in Baltimore.Here in south Florida I have more deals then investors to work with :)We have great flips and buy-and-holds currently.I dont know anything about Baltimore, the only other place I have invested is Tennessee. 

Everyone I know in your spot has gone into managing properties.

The fee continues “because it can” and as a result of the Real Estate industry and legislators turning a blind eye to attempts to legislatively limit or end this practice.

I invested in Atlanta back in the day when there and Memphis were the hot spots.

I'm in the hard spot of selling my home while moving into a house hack situation myself.  

Think about what day job she'd like that's related to the industry and courses that revolve around that, also.

Frank is spot on that the other potential costs would come up in due diligence and Frank here is the expert on that.

I guess I want to know the "hot spots" of NC.