@Craig Clark - get out to some of the area REI groups - you will meet those folks informally there, and some events will have tables with your potential contractors, insurance guys, etc hanging out to talk and pass out pieces of chocolate.Andy

I also feel like it's important to find someone you can relate to one way or another, someone you might end up hanging out with in the future and can chat real estate with.

I have a PM that I trust and she has contractors that she trusts as well as a couple of people on her staff that she could trust with the "easy" stuff (paint, hang doors, etc.) 

I am curious to hear where you all hang your license in order to minimize your monthly fees to your broker.

My 74 year old mother just helped us out on a renovation and she is better at hanging trim than many "trim carpenters")Having said all that, that is an AWESOME looking house and if I was thirty and my partner  thought it was the perfect house too, I'd consider it.I don't think it would ever be cost effective to hire out that reno.

As far as Palo alto or East is concerned one can look at thr crime. and income to know what class area it is you will get hang of it.I can keep growing and proove for investment prespective which is better and which is not but that is not the point of this post :) Again I am not hung up on C or D. the reason I posted this question is so that I can know what people/investor  in the area think and make it work Thanks for your help Originally posted by @Andrew Johnson:@Rahul Bhatt 

The Association dues are approx $300 annually not monthlyThere is often a Groupon for the pre-licensing courses for less than $200Cost of hanging your license with a broker very from a simple commission split to monthly desk fees

So, it's definitely doable, and it's some of the lowest hanging fruit in the real estate world IMO.

I'll be taking my FL real estate exam in the next two weeks and will be hanging my license with a broker immediately.

On the other hand if I can hang in for 5 years I've got a pretty solid cashflow I think.