In real estate school they tell students about a story that involved a situation like that with a little old lady and her son hammered the crap out of the agent down the road.

I want a brokerage that provides a lot of training and mentorship to new agents, even if the splits are lower.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

unless you have a change in circumstance -meaning a need to move due to closer to work, bigger home for family, closer to school, privacy to a SFR 1 unit.Unless you own a home and buy the home as a second home going traditional and you can rent it out right away as an STR/AIRBNB. 

Take a breath, finish school, and get educated on everything there is to know about RE before jumping in too quickly into a wholesale deal that you are going to get stuck with.

ValuePenguin is a good source for the relative cost of insurance by state.Investment TeamIf you needed surgery, you would not start medical school.

A property is owned outright worth 200k, it is in appreciating area, but not the best school district and not the nicest area. 

It may feel risky because our society has trained us to buy a home and pay down the mortgage as if that makes it an investment.

I love the area/schools/great rental income BUT it is in a 100% fire zone-meaning high risk.

But they are the size of 20-40 school buses stacked upright and on top of each other.