What Advice Would You Give Yourself as a Rooky Agent if You Could Start All Over Again in Two Thousand Six?

If you could go back to two thousand and six as a rooky agent, what advice would you give yourself on the business side of real estate? If i'm brand new, just start ow, i mong to go find a place that has leads. I think investors are going to buy properties, even though they feel like everyone's going to kind of slow it down. They cound really start running what's caled bird model by re hab a refinance, rent and repeat.