I thought the conversion of a rental lead to a conversation was low, but then I tested it by responding to my ad with another email of mine, and my "landlord" response to that was never received!

I already have books and flash cards and practice tests for that.

Hi BP,I'm scheduled to take my RE Agent test in 10/2020 for Florida and am looking for advice/mentorship/things to look out for when first starting out.  

You didn't test it with enough volume.And this is easy to prove right?

These owners would have been able to meet the two years of ownership and occupancy tests if it were not for unforseen circumstances. 

It is slim pickings with lots of full time investors.

@Jesse Allen 2 years supervisory experience, take the course (60 hours or so), pass the test.

Stress-test your numbers at the lower end of the ARV range just to be safe as the BRRRR refi is probably the most stressful part of the process. 

ON THE OTHER HAND, if you when you get married and you file jointly and if you were the one that materially participated and you are a real estate professional with the 500 hour test (check article below), then you could theoretically take net losses on the real estate against the w2 active income.

You could always do both: rent one as a LTR and one as a STR to test the market.