If you are a lawyer, they also allow you to take the exam without the 40 hour training since we have to learn property law in our courses and for the bar exam.My former employer would have weekends where he would make money off of the sales from his agents and then do two or three closings at a grand a pop twice a month.He also owned the title company.Very lucrative in Illinois.

As I understand (by reading articles online), Texas has strict laws in place that are not investor friendly around these.

I will always have a max number plus 500 .. many times everyone is backing into basically the same number and u can win the property by just spending a few hundred more. your not going to turn the deal down over a few hundred right.if its on line auction winning the bid just means your now in contract to buy.. and its a normal escrow after that.you will never work with the bank you work with the auction company.

Are there any online maps of neighborhoods tagged with these unofficial ratings?  

Be sure to have agents send you off-market investment property opportunities as well, you can find some real diamonds in the rough leveraging agents who run across deals before they come online. 

Like with the insurance I was hoping there would be an accurate online resource for comps without having to ask someone else for the info.

You will have to pay cash for all expenses at the time of closing, so it shows up on line 120you cannot use borrowed money for this as they will source the fundsfind a lender who knows how to do this BEFORE YOU PURCHASE.

I'm currently taking an online course to get my license in Virginia.

I check for permits online for every property I appraise.

I’m interested in hearing from folks who have been in a mentoring/ education / training program.