After time on here and participating in several conversations, I realized the most 'really successful' people on BP have two things in common, they have a license or their spouse has a license, some are agents, some brokers, some mortgage bankers and some have multiple licenses, and the second thing is that they believe in high moral standards and codes of ethics when it comes to how they do Business.

Many top volume agents simply sell the same type of property over and over again in the same area over and over again, and don't know the area at large, or do the research to fully understand zip code demographics, crime rates, and other important information you'll want to know as an investor.Beyond that, agents with high sales volume are most likely going to shove you off to someone on their team.

@Larry FlanaganThe tax code states that you or a disqualified party to your IRA may not add value to the IRA through the provision of goods or services.  

For the first few projects, we used architects, but after that, my wife started doing the design herself, and we just handed it off to draftsmen who are familiar with local codes and who have engineers on their team who can stamp the drawings.There is no right or wrong answer -- whatever you're comfortable with...

Also installed a new chimney liner that brought the vent up to code.

Do I know someone who buys rehab properties in this ZIP code?

While less than 30 days doesn't create tenancy per code, you'll be hard pressed to find any  CA police dept that will enter and remove someone from a short term rental who claims rights or produces documentation.  

Realtors are trained and bound to a code of ethics.

Anyway, the tax rate code is 03-002 --click on that to see:So you'll be taxed 1.1418% of the assessed value (which will probably increase to the purchase price next year).  

I only checked 2 out 5 or more zip code  in Kent.