Having been with an independent broker, a large unnamed national franchise and Keller Williams realty, KW wins the training hands down.  

It can take two solid years of prospecting, marketing and hard work to get really established in residential real estate, unless you have a large sphere of influence ready, willing, and able to give you business and referrals.

Not enough info.In CA, there are several types of probates based largely on the total gross value of the Decedent's estate or fractional interest in assets. 

That depends in large part on what sort of property, location, time of year, etc.

Typically, I'd only suggest one property per LLC if it's a large property (apartment complex) or you have good reason to think there will be issues with the property.

No one ever wants to pay for large repairs. 

Looking back and knowing what I know now, I would've definitely had a lawyer draw up a contract in regards to ALL aspects of the partnership including dissolution in order to mitigate the risk of ending up in court, spending large amounts of money on lawyers and a great deal of stress.

Tranportation imporvements, Vacancy rates, unemployment, average household income, growth rate of population, available rental stock, infrastructure improvements, large employers moving in.

Most of the homes here were built in the 50's and 60's but within the last 5-7 years, there have been many tear down/new build projects in the area with very large homes (3000-4000 sqft) ranging anywhere from 500,000-1.2 million.

If there over 2 years with a large gain, it would affect my decision.