Cloud brokerages only care about their agent count in reality so once you sign on, your access will be in Workplace, so as a new agent without an office, it can feel like a vortex.

Josh and Brandon brought different views and strengths to the show - Brandon was kind of the inspirational, "rah-rah" guy while Josh was the quintessential New Yorker, calling BS on things that needed to be called BS and bringing reality and humility to the show.

That is just reality.

A less expensive property (eg bad area, house in poor condition) may be less expensive to purchase or even look better on paper, but in reality it is not. 

It seems like Panama went through its own bubble where prices just skyrocketed due to an unwarranted level of demand and eventually it did/is coming back down to reality.

You are 100% on the right track. 2-1 buydowns are attractive options offered by sellers/builders to help improve monthly affordability but in all reality you aren't saving anything. 

Let tenants know they need to clean up after themselves (ie no dirty dishes sitting in the sink).

And in reality, your property will likely be worth more money with the finished basement, so your return on investment will likely be higher, i.e. you spend the $70k, your property is now worth $50k more, so your $13,200/yr really earning at 66%, per year (13.2k/20k).  

What matters is how the deal is structured in reality, not what it is called. 

I use Goodlife reality LLC,  they also do PM too. https://glr.managebuilding.com/Resident/PublicPage...ask for Jack Stone