Code):"...the total of any payments or deposits, however denominated or described, given by a prospective tenant to a landlord in return for the option of entering into a rental agreement in the future, or for having a rental agreement considered by a landlord.

Knowing the different type of mortgages and how many an individual person is able to obtain will be very beneficial to your investing career. 

It was weird because when I pasted it and hit enter it hyperlinked but shortened dramatically.  

@Ryland Taniguchi since you are an agent are you recommending she not listen to you  :)I think you have to quantify the question and the response.Your not an average buyer with only 25k to work with .. your in the business and obviously a developer of some repute and success.. for those with limited capital and competing against guys like you and I.. the realtor is correct its a sellers market.. the issue for these folks also buying off market is they need FHA loans and many houses need to much work to qualify.. so you really are stuck in a narrow window to buy.4 plex househacking for someone with @Angela Jossy capital is one of the best ways to enter the west coast market.. all the other things like buy a sfr or whatever those are folks that don't know the price ranges on the West coast its not that easy for someone with 25k.

The same as an individual?

As for your question about getting your real estate license, everything I've heard in my research, it seems like it's a pretty individual decision.

Hey Bob - CH11 is available to individuals but typically CH13 is a better choice. 

You will get spreadsheet view, map view, individual listings, and all of the pictures for those listings.3.$10 a month I have a person who screens out properties that are listed every day looking for listings that are 70% below assessed values.

Perhaps a whole saling individual can take the lead and keep me in the loop of the process. 

I ended up just manually entering leads off my sites database to Zoho.