With the increasing number of internet sites that will "certify" service animals, regardless of their legitimacy, it does concern me.

I'm looking to get into the game in Washington and would like to start off with getting pre-approved.

You do need to know the market, and the game, very well.

I've learned there are ways to come in to this dream game.

@Cheryl BergtholdI haven't been to any of their investment classes, but anything you can learn from a class is freely available through the internet these days - that's why this website exists.

I am in the very beginning of learning, reading, studying and trying to figure out my game plan.Thanks for having me aboard!

I am brand new to the real estate game.

Hi I am brand new to the real estate game and I really want to be part of it.

In the areas discussed above, you have to take rentometer with a big grain of salt but in a neighborhood like the old west end of Richmond in the JR Tucker High School district there are an overwhelming amount of very similar 3bed/1bath brick ranchers so you can be a little more confident in the comps rentometer gives you.Market knowledge and familiarity is key (and cannot be gotten simply by surfing the internet, no matter how well the data is represented) which is why you should consider working with an investor-friendly Realtor (shameless self-promotion aside...). ;)

Gary Keller's Millionaire Real Estate Agent paints a good picture of what it takes to make it big as an agent  (if that is what you end game is).