I'm a long time teacher, coach and administrator who would like to become involved in real estate investing.

My wife’s about to graduate and has accepted a job as a teacher, which is something she does want to do.

Jacob - As a former teacher, I noted that most of my graduating high-school students had no financial acuity.

I thank my economics teacher for getting me into investing.I know little about stocks and real estate and I want to learn more.

If you are a public servant (EMT, nurse, teacher or work at a school, work at a non-profit organization, military, police) then you can get your loans paid off in 10 years through the Public Service Loan forgiveness program.

Exclusive representation enables a broker to market his properties to anyone he wants including you, but ties you into buying only from him.

And doing that would enable the listing agent to double dip on the commission, increasing the chance of the agent cooperating with me.

If you are just starting off and are somewhat new you might want to consider "strong business credit" this will enable you to build your businesses credit to attract more traditional lenders.

A 10% market vacancy may be statistically correct but if you own an eight unit project and turn one unit a month, your turnover vacancy is 12.5% before even talking about market vacancy or tenant default.Go forth and conquer.. experience is life best teacher

Then, he/she will be able to help you construct a plan that will enable you to reach your short-term goals and reap the benefits needed for the proceeds and resources that your long-term goals will require.