Seems like your background and connections may point towards rehabbing or development.  

My only background in real estate is buying and selling my own homes and refinancing.  

A little back ground, we both have owned businesses and now want to venture together into real estate.  

Please post your thoughts on the following quote:"At a recent conference, rising inequality, new technology that replaces jobs, or neuroscience, or other new developments that could be disruptive to our way of life were discussed.Consumer confidence indices tend to focus mostly on the next six months to a year, as if that dominated people's thought.

The developer has a civil engineering background, so I'm not sure exactly how I would be able to help estimate new construction costs.I would like to help this developer, as I think it would be good experience, but its starting to look like my lack of experience may prevent me from my assistance. 

I come from an Insurance Background.

All I'm waiting on now is my background check to clear to start working.

I have found that it really weeds out the B.S. callers and when a person provides their info before hand they keep their appointments.I do a separate digital application with Cozy when I have whittled the field and get ready for background check.

The only background I have in real estate is when I bought my house last year. 

The 4th is rented through April and was in the best shape.For tenants that want a new lease, I have them fill out an application and I pay for the background check- not their fault that I bought the place and they have to go through screening again!