BiggerPockets

Try this thread for a bunch of BP links I posted:
http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/55/topics/39235-new-member-from-phoenix-az

And don't forget to vote for the post if you find it worthwhile.

I have a state of Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers License. Yet today I found myself in the office of a trusted commercial broker.

Yes, I could do commercial just as he does. However, I DON'T. He's been in the commercial business longer than I've been alive, has connections that would take me DECADES to make, and just knows FAR more about the commercial game.

I'd rather have him earn that commission and guide me past the landmines than try to chop $30k off of the price by snagging half of the commission but have to go it on my own.

A $30k price savings is NOT worth making a $500k+ mistake.

Mike

And eleven threads later...

Big thanks to Steve for all of the wonderful links, as you can see by the time, Mr. Weese was correct. It did take a bit of time.
I have decided to get my license, I think the combination of knowledge and experience gained could never be seen as a bad thing, just different. It was fascinating to see the polarization in some of the posts.
I have a seperate question, and this may be more of a curiosity. Some of those threads / streams / fossilized digital conversations were two years ago. I was wondering what happened to those people like Minna who were on the fence back then and decided to go for it or not.
Was it worth it? What was learned? and what advice would be given?