I did at first but then I ditched the extra expense as I could hardly keep up with 1 phone and got a google voice number.

Luckily we have a ditch and more acres we can push this on to.

Ditch the agent.  

If you don't have heirs or someone you want to leave a legacy for, ditch the life-insurance policy part, max out the possible annual distributions, keep that cash for yourself, and just ball out on your island until you die lol.Obviously this is a fairly simple rundown of the mechanics - there are different types of CRT that handle REI differently (some hold REI as-is until you decide to sell, some liquidate and invest in a conservative portfolio of income-producing securities right away, some pay a percentage of value, some a flat dollar amount, etc).

@Jeremy Davis sometimes when you hit a road block and turn right, you run right off into a ditch..so just be careful.

In the beginning... my childhood friend introduced me to Biggerpockets and the fire was lit inside me. I had huge aspirations to grow fast and big. I established an LLC and even started paying for a web address, but n...

When I was very little and my father was in the air force we lived in Winnipeg for a spell ... back when Duff's ditch and the brand new perimeter hwy were outside of the City.What are housing prices like St Vital or around the old infantry base these days?

Ditch the "tools" and keep the money in your pocket.

Ditch the entrepreneur major. 

I'd sooner sling hash at Denny's or dig ditches.