If you are familiar with the term “Bird Dog”, a real estate agent is just a bird dog who is licensed to be one; 2) After getting your license, you’ll spend about $2,000 per year +\- to keep your license, regardless of whether or not you’ve actually made a dime, so be prepared to do something that first year to cover the cost of getting and keeping the license; 3) The average annual salary of a real estate agent is $42,000 per year according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the federal agency that tracks what different jobs pay across the country.

Tell him expectations just like any 2 legged employee.

They are expecting market rent and there is a risk taking a new tenant. 

If you can find good deals, great, but expect competition. 

Reasonable people will not expect you to hurt you or your family, but will appreciate whatever you can do for them, assuming they can see past their own pain.

Both in Escondido (Charise St and Sumac Way) were clean enough that I expected them to be redeemed.I may have kept Charise St and add it to our rental pool if we were to get it but no chance of that now.

Once you are in, expect to cold call every day.

Some of my money, some financing, father is the GC (which makes the full-gut across the continent not as scary a risk as it sounds).Spent two months wondering why no one would take our money for a house, once we figured out what worked, we suddenly realized we needed to think a little bigger (was doing it all my cash, now I'm good with some leverage).I've got a nice w2 that I'd love to dump for half the salary, if I could generate it, but I'm thinking that might be many years from now.Anyways, I'm heading to Atlanta Wednesday morning through Sunday morning. 

I appreciate the reminders and caution to expect the worst and hope for the best.

I few of mine are SFH or duplexes, but expect higher rates and shorter terms.