I recently helped my parents move from the suburbs back into Boston (Jamaica Plain) so that they're both closer to work, their doctors, supermarkets, as well as no longer dependant on a car with access to fairly good transportation options (Orange Line) as their reflexes and need for busy days start to slow.When my parents moved into the house that I helped them buy, we ended up starting to learn about being a landlord when renting out their house in the suburbs.  

I’ve made a few impulse buys in the supermarket, but never bought a house that way!

This is on a commercial property with a major supermarket anchor store.

You are right, as an auctioneer in Maryland, we do about 200 sales a year - what a great way to sell properties - you need to make sure you have the right auction company and that they know what they are do and they advertise the property right -Don't depend all them to do the right kind of advertisingWe make up flyers - take them to businesses - but them in supermarket and on bulletin boardsGet mail list of absentee owners - send hundreds of post cardAuctions can be profitable both for the buyer and the sellerSellers like our type of auction sales since there are no commissions or settlement costs and the property is sold in "as is" condition.Auctions are great because you don't have to deal with contingencies and demanding buyers.Feel free to call me anytime for advice on auctions - Charles - AuctioneerOh!

Yes, inventory shortage in my area..Especially in HOT areas...Plenty of investment opportunities...Downtown Birmingham is Booming...The new Publix Supermarket opened and lots of new construction in the multi sector......

Knock on some doors, leave your business card at supermarkets, etc.

For example, if your renting out properties, a good place may be to place them on college campuses.Some other places may be on bulletin boards at laundromats, supermarkets, etc.

Now, let's look at the richest people in the world:Here is Forbes ranking of the 20 richest people in the world:* Carlos Slim (Mexico) - $53.5 billion, telecommunications* Bill Gates (USA) - $53 billion, Microsoft* Warren Buffett (USA) - $47 billion, Berkshire Hathaway* Mukesh Ambani (India) - $29 billion, petrochemicals, oil and gas* Lakshmi Mittal (India) - $28.7 billion, steel* Larry Ellison (USA) - $28 billion, Oracle* Bernard Arnault (France) - $27.5 billion, LVMH* Eike Batista (Brazil) - $27 billion, mining, oil* Amancio Ortega (Spain) - $25 billion, retail* Karl Albrecht (Germany) - $23.5 billion, supermarkets* Ingvar Kamprad & family (Sweden) - $23 billion, Ikea* Christy Walton & family (USA) - $22.5 billion, Walmart* Stefan Persson (Sweden) - $22.4 billion, Hennes & Mauritz* Li Ka-shing (Hong Kong) - $21 billion, diversified* Jim Walton (USA) - $20.7 billion, Walmart* Alice Walton (USA) - $20.6 billion, Walmart* Liliane Bettencourt (France) - $20 billion, L'Oreal* S.

(not having a full-on debate with the rice or the supermarket or the farmer).Yes, you may get responses that are friendly or others that are "harsh" because the question can be perceived by some brains as very basic.

The most surprising usage to me was they used QR codes to tweet, as well as to send text messages to girl friends and boy friends.As for the analogy to supermarket products, I don't think the context is the same.