I am sure there are benefits to ‘boutique’ providers and other models as well, and I would be open to hearing about them, but I believe I may feel more secure/confident with companies that were most likely to stick around and strive to continuously earn my business with quality rehabs and PM.

spend the less than 1k it cost and get a RE license then try to get on with a brokerage that will allow you to work on as  a team member.. earn as you learn. keep your day job.do not spend any money on any paid for training at this point you can't afford it and your not going to make any deals with no money no skills etc.save your money

You are bringing the buyer (yourself) and will earn a commission for bringing the buyer.

Are the quantity and quality (earning power) of jobs increasing or decreasing?

Obviously, the tax benefit will help, so as a buy and hold investor what amount of taxes are people seeing compared to their gross earnings?

Would someone suggest a listing price for me to earn a profit?

Say I earn $100/hour in my day job, that means I am valuing my time at 1/4 or 1/5 of its really worth, if I waste a minute of my time writing the expense down, and don't forget the many minutes spent tallying those expenses when it comes tax time, or getting the data to your tax professional (again many minutes).Those 5 miles your drove for that business/REIA meeting that NETTED you less than 50 cents in the real world, but took probably 2 minutes out of your life to write down then tally come tax time.

Hi, I'm new to bigger pockets I'm interested in different areas to earn passive income.

One of my short-term goals is to earn my Real Estate License.

Then I started thinKing... this could be a good way to earn some money in grad school.