suspect you WON"T get title insurance we buy in some states were the redemption period is long and we only sell for cash on quit claims.. which narrows the field substantially and your buying most deals ( and these are homes) for 10 to 40k each.. so risk is not great.Yes a buyer will have great issues from having to wait a year to 5 years... there in Yuba city go over to Marysville or even Yuba city and walk into fidelity or first American and talk to a title officer these are the folks who will let you know company policy that is if your buying in that county.. if its Colusa or Nevada or some other California county contact title company in the county every county will have a different position on this.and like I said earlier if you have really no standing in the industry IE you have never really closed a deal with them .. your not doing any volume etc.. there is little chance they will take a risk for a 400 dollar title policy fee..

I'm in Las Vegas, NVand I want to start a real estate investing career and was wondering (if it even matters) should I get my real estate license before hand or should I just try and get the experience first hand by going without it.

Have a defined criteria.Driving for dollars I have found to be the best local tool to find potential leads, IMO.I started my career in sales, so I have cold called many businesses/owners (B2B sales).

Nothing is better than this to show that BP can be the basic root for a great start for beginning a promising real estate career that getting off the ground.  

I was just wondering as a career if its something you recommend or do you regret spending the money?

I've always loved houses and the real estate market but I never thought about it as a career until I started watching HGTV to get some ideas for decorating my new house about 10 years ago and got obsessed with house hunting shows which led to renovation and flipping shows.

However, if you have a career, a family, a life, and anything else you are focused on, then I think you might find this path turns into a very challenging scenario for you.

I have a 740+ FICO, great income with my job (medical field) however with student debt (and some materials paying off for renovations still) i don't have much savings.I was thinking of refinancing into a conventional loan or a 5/1 ARM to save on MIP and interest rate and aggressively save x1 year to then try and purchase another fixer using an FHA loan again (because I can put down less).  

@Bill Gulley has also forgotten more about real estate than almost everyone I have met in my 20 year real estate career.

School was the main reason that I chose to delay my investing career.