In fact, as I squeezed a lemon slice into my water the lemon was slippery on my barbecue hands and it shot out of my hands and went across the table.

Con, yes you pay a slice of the pie to them that you could possibly pocket otherwise.  

In fact , I wonder if having bonds is even worth my time,  I make twice as much on my prepaid cards savings accounts at 5% yield (pre-tax) than my intermediate bond return.Tip:  research mango money  cards (6% APY), netspend (5%), etc. for emergency savings.

As a housing services provider, (beyond a landlord) I'm looking for a bigger slice of my tenant's budget.

In my neck of the woods, what I described is a double closing and we also call the same thing a simultaneous closing, what we are also talking about are back to back closings, I know gurus sliced up transactions with names, where the property owned by A in about an hour ends up being owned by C or the end buyer.

You can do all your due diligence and still have a respected company like GE or PFE slice your dividend.All one can really do is diminish the risk by purchasing right in the first place.

Consider too, seller financed notes, they usually go at a much greater discount directly from the note holder, without slicing up the pie.

I usually tell tenants that if it is a issue with something that you did you will get charged for the repair man going out.

No matter how you slice it, having $1m+ net worth puts you in the top 75% of Americans in any age cohort.What net worth level allows you to live a middle, upper middle, or upper class life style? 

I've never been licensed in health and life, and none of the below is advice, but a slice of my experience.