With a deep breath and a steely resolve, I vowed to reclaim my dreams, no matter the cost.I took a critical look at my surroundings, recognizing the toxic influences that had veiled my path to success.

I just find it irritating when agents don't respect the nature of the business of negotiating.

The architect is very clearly irritated with the situation.

What irritates me is this entire moving thing was my wife's idea originally.

We were approached with this and I initially thought it would be a great fit, but went home and got chewed out about the toxic chemicals and liability. 

  $500+ each year for dues is a lot, especially when you're a new agent who is trying to figure out how to pay desk fees, business cards, continuing ed and soul-crushing marketing costs.One piece of particularly irritating bullcrap in the media reporting though (big surprise, right?). 

I have an exit plan to get out of Seattle(toxic), but tangible real estate is the best plan to keep generational wealth.

It's toxic.

I have about $120,000 that I am looking to use for fix-n-flip investing in pursuit of a higher IRR.  It

Even though it's a "metal building" and you're not worried about structural integrity, at some point you will probably have to deal with a black mold/toxic mold issue.