I'm right there with you on starting with single family because as an investor it puts less pressure on you and you're not risking as much.

Obviously Rentals will stay under pressure on not so good subdivisions.

The spillover effects from Orlando that are perhaps more apparent in Mount Dora / Apopka seem to diminish in Leesburg / Tavares, so I'm working to get a better handle on the economic drivers there.I'm out of town this weekend, but I'm up for a Saturday or Sunday morning in the next few weeks.

If it's vinyl, a good pressure washing can go a long ways.

@Kevin Allen the property is in Mount Washington.  

I've removed a fair amount of garbage myself over the years...haha.And @Chris Emmanuel I would look to work for a broker who supports dual career (part time) agents, because you don't want too much pressure to meet sales activities and goals when you are trying to devote most of your time to your own investing.

., pick any emerging market), it would receive pressure from the macro-factors, but if a deal can be made and positioned correctly, the buyer should be able to withstand the chaos and take off during the upswing (keyword in that sentence: deal).

You could continue to pressure the sale, but you may screw the deal.

I went with a flat fee of 30k each.. and I then spent 50k on a big presentation in San Francisco.. included a room for 300 .. drinks etc. radio adds my flight down ( well I flew my own plane LOL  but my team had to fly down.. ) we sold those all of them in that one weekend.. so this lowly dumb @@@S realtor ( me) made 660k in one weekend minus 50k in expenses so like I said you can go both ways with commish.. and those builder were estatic their bank was putting pressure on them and they knew exactly what I was making since we had a listing agreement and I got paid on the hud like any other bozo realtor.

I had to call the police earlier this week on one of them because there was no way I was getting my pressure washer back without getting punched in the face or worse.