And to be well-positioned to do the second group, you need a certain set of skills:- Ability to create detailed business models and plans;- Ability to raise large amounts of capital;- Ability to understand complex financial models;- Ability to build and manage large teams;- Ability to systematize and optimize on a large scale.Most people don't have these skills and will never have the opportunity to easily acquire them.

Or they held long term and it all worked out in the wash (not optimal but still they made money).

It also means that when I come back I can optimize my time on the site by not checking threads I already know I have no interest in.A final item is the ability to ignore individuals and anything they post.

Lastly, I have yet to test how my site succeeds in search engine optimization long term.

Optimize but still focus on investing first and reducing taxes second.John Corey

Lots of very valid reasons.Funny enough many investors who have small holdings never try to optimize.

He basically wanted me to find an area on a graph that optimizes my investment...who knows.As for the question is he an investor, yes he's but I think his example was to purposely illustrate a poor investment as to open our eyes a little bit.

doing it by yourself is always much less optimized than being part of an Arm Chair partnership, whereas all elements of real estate are professionally managed for you as oppose to you doing it yourself. but what if you get the prefessional services and you making more?

I would think having buyers lines up prior to getting the prop. under contract would be the optimal approach.

Then optimize around that strategy.Expect that you will never get every call or handle every call perfectly.