However, I am a people's person and I'm not afraid to strike up conversations and get to know people, which I think may be a good trait for a sales person..A part of me wants to take the plunge, get my license, and quit my job.. but I heard real estate agents are usually broke for months before getting anything.

@Kapil Kandel I broke the sale up into two components - business and land.  

Instead, he bought the wrong property in 2007, he lost a lot of rent and his property devalued for years until it broke even around this year.HOWEVER... he did realize his error and resistance to the education he was taught.A few years back, he recognized that the kind of property I wanted the students to buy was in a hot neighborhood, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn.His Father had a 3-Family Brownstone that he was selling cheaply to a tenant who was taking advantage of him.Jermaine told me about it and I asked to speak with the Father.

I broke every rule in marketing.

I don't think you're not responsible nor liable for anything post closing.What if I put a house under contract "sold as is" and the day before closing someone broke in and stole all the copper pipes out of the property?

(My boys are 11 and 12) I lost my job due to a corp merger right before my baby girl was born, and since my..."

I give them free mousetraps , a dose of bed bug killer if needed and have their screen windows fixed that they broke through .

I must say I'm glad, as he broke his back a few years ago when a load of water was dumped on him. 

I've seen more people go broke from lack of reserves (among other things) than not being able to afford their mortgage payments.Leverage is great, if you're not overpaying.

Some of the clips pulled the anchors out of the wall, and some of the clips (that were in studs) broke off at the wall.