The main question is, "What is your Net?"

The weather can play havoc on your property in cold winter areas.You need to make sure the property has been winterized by having the heating,water heater,pipes,rain gutters,and the like are serviced for winter and fully inspected.Make sure you have a snow removal plan in place like the tenant has to do it or you pay someone to do it on a regular basis.

Louis Davis your right my post was a bit lengthy main because I love the idea of introducing this strategy and converting more leads.

My main question is if I put my time in, is it possible to be successful as an agent?

I'm okay with it not being positive cashflow immediately but, I am also trying to keep my monthly payments down as much as possible.The main reason I'm moving to NJ is because finding multi family units there is actually affordable to me, rather than NY which is out of reach for me at the moment.

But I also noticed that appliance companies have services that can be called if there is an appliance needs to be repaired. instance, GE has a service where you call them and they arrange for a vendor to check out what is wrong and repair it.

It will be difficult with no money, no/inconsistent income, AND no experience ... you normally need at least 2 of those 3 ... perhaps you could work in RE services, like as a RE agent, for example, to earn while you learn and get yourself closer to getting 2, if not all 3 to invest with ...

Greetings from Maine,My name is Mark and while I'm brand new to investing in real estate, I have been interested in it for about 3 years.

Furthermore, you need no attorney or service to form an LLC.

I mainly invest in the Austin, Texas and surrounding areas so not to familiar with Refugio.