Congratulation on your decision to "step out", after being in conventional real estate for so long, it is a big decision to want to be more productive, earn more, and build a portfolio of profitable properties as a real estate investor.It is difficult however for agents/brokers to change hats, to forget the old ways of doing the conventional real estate business and to get educated on the creative ways to control and roll real estate.I commend your decision to do so.One Broker to another, if you need some suggestions, just give me a call.Good luck.

To be the sponsor I look for 50% of equity upside and I look to give out 8% preferred return.Some passive investors focus in on that extra 1 or 2% preferred return but I would care more about the sponsor running the ship and the property.Extra return sounds good on paper but 12% of nothing is nothing. 

Super interested in buying and holding of houses and am more than willing to sweat and bleed to earn sweat equity!

There is no cap, or rule, or extra tax for posting a large gain in your IRA.

I was sitting in traffic in Chicago, and I saw a "bandit sign" claiming I could earn 120k+ if I called the number...

If that extra $4,000 doesn't make it a deal for you, you can still walk away. 

I'd rather have just a decent place with all the extra in cash-flowing rental property.  

I have been known to buy extra on those sales. 

In other words earning income from the fast turn over and then holding for the long-term income.I'm looking to build my buyers list.Ed Mack

It does look like some data mining based on key words, a link here, county records there...Always trying to sell you something extra...