Do you mind indicating what you paid for the property, the amount of the rehab and what you expect to sell it for?

You'll be able to figure out your niche, hear some people being interviewed who also have their own podcasts, and you can take your education to the next level from there.  

If you leave ANYTHING out of the discussion/contract - it won't end up exactly as you expected in your mind's eye!

We figured it's probably better to flip a few homes first to get money to afford to buy homes to rent.

I've got excellent credit at the moment and a job with six figure income (however much lower after taxes/student loans/primary mortgage), would this help gain what I want with a lender?

Overall, not a terrible deal, but I wouldn't expect to make much of anything.

Shrug it off and figure he's have a bad day.

A real estate broker, for the purposes of this article, is defined to be a person, firm or corporation who, for a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, or by reason of a promise or reasonable expectation thereof, lists for sale, sells, exchanges, buys or rents, or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale, exchange, purchase or rental of real estate or an interest therein, or collects or offers or attempts to collect rent for the use of real estate or solicits for prospective purchasers or assists or directs in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation or closing of any transaction which does or is contemplated to result in the sale, exchange, leasing, renting or auctioning of any real estate or negotiates, or offers or attempts or agrees to negotiate a loan secured or to be secured by mortgage or other encumbrance upon or transfer of any real estate for others, or any person who, for pecuniary gain or expectation of pecuniary gain conducts a public or private competitive sale of lands or any interest in lands.

How much should I reasonably expect to pay in state and federal tax?

what is your expectation for that, handling and responding to Facebook and the like?