If you have a background in Sales at all you will be a step ahead of the average agent. 

If I find one deal a year that I make more than the annual price tag of the license AND/ONLY because I have a license/MLS access, I can assess the value, walkthrough the property and submit an offer ahead of my competition, is that really a con? 

If I can go ahead and get another ~50k (perhaps borrow from my parents, though they seem to think the idea of flipping is silly and a waste of time so I don't know about that), I might go ahead and purchase a list for some direct mailings.

Be straight with them.

Gregory-When I finally get the ball rolling on all of this, I plan on looking into the Round Rock area of Austin for my first purchase, just as a heads up.

It seems pretty straight forward.

I put down 7% as a starting point on the straight money option and she said they liked the looks of 7%.

Thank you ahead of time to anyone who has any information to share.  

Account Closed Glad you are thinking ahead - but you are thinking too far ahead for a beginner tax lien investor.

Can you tell me a little more about it and what it offers for a person that does not have access to the MLS.Yes, I can and will go check it out, but getting information straight from the source is also very cool. :)Thanks...