Read Beginner’s Guide to help you get started: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing Good luck on everything!

Under this method you make your one and only offer; no negotiation, if it’s not accepted you walk away.When I started in real estate investing a couple of hundred years ago, I was a proponent of the first method.  

I'm an software engineer on W2 and she started as real estate agent about 2yrs ago.

The RE license is issued in sequential order, so someone who has a license number that starts with "01956733" will have been licensed longer than someone who has a license number of "02166837". 

I’m very familiar with civic source they started about 10 years ago to fix a problem.

Did you have Real Estate before starting the program?

Plus, once you start syncing calendars then the other platform will know that you are making more money for their main competitor, leading to your searchability being downgraded.

I want to start building relationships with the agents and visit some of them to pick their brains, figuratively, of course. 

I've recently setup a Self-Directed IRA with Quest - just funded and am looking to start!

But… if the renting out rooms doesn't qualify as your primary and you wait until year 2 to start renting out rooms you’ll be forced to sell before year 5 or you’ll be back to zero tax free again.