I bought an online real estate pre-license course on Black Friday 2017 and passed my state exam 2/9/18. 

With that said, much of my activity is off the MLS so properties and owners I work with don't appear online. 

What this means to you is, find a Lender you feel comfortable with and as part of your due diligence, ask them if they have access to "First Time Homebuyer" programs or if you fit the criteria, an "Income Restricted" Loan Programs.    

My local website shows the following Studio- $651One BR- $793Two BR-$1020Three BR- $1484Four BR- $1797A quick look online for rents showsOne BR- $600 to $895Two BR- $850 to $2700Three BR- $1100 to $1625Four BR- $1350 to $2100I understand some are in a little bit better neighborhood's, some are apartments and some are house's.

Online course is not cheap too, but it's the price of a college class.

In general good candidates will have the following: 5 or more years residential construction experience their own subcontractors already in place, so they must be within about 25 mikes of the assigned zip code their ability to estimate a job is essential so they will have to have direct experience doing so as well as solid knowledge in estimation software they should know excel and other basic computer skills, its definitely preferred but if not we can get them an online courseThank you

The owners of them do not want signs, do not want them listed online etc.

You have real time access to new listings.

Glad to be part of such an active and helpful online community.

A couple of advantages I have going for me are a good credit rating and access to my HELOC.Thanks all.