And if you do, you'll bless him/her because he/she will make or save you an enormous amount of money and protect you from liability.

ITT: People who own real estate during a time of mass appreciation and are set to benefit enormously from anticipated inflation, who are also mad that jobs are plentiful and pay is up.

No one is working for free.You are yelling against these "gigantic fee" that life insurance agent are earning one time, but you don't yell about the much more enormous fee that so called wall street financial advisors are making every single year on the products they are selling you.

They go to enormous lengths to find good real estate opportunities and then scramble with frantically short deadlines to finance the deal.  

If you already have a day job that you like, and you do real estate "on the side", this strategy might be an enormous amount of extra work.In any case, don't let anyone tell you there's a right or wrong answer.

Even 1/4 mile, say from the Jamaicaway to Hyde Square, will make an enormous difference in price.That said, the average MFR sold in JP in the last 6 months went for $1.25M and the average SFR went for $954K.Compare to Hyde Park where the average MFR went for $574K and the average SFR went for $432K.Compare to Mattapan where the average MFR went for $602K and the average SFR went for $377K.Compare to Roxbury where the average MFR went for $1.11M and the average SFR went for $886K.My opinion is that Mattapan is going to gentrify fairly soon-ish, as skyrocketing prices downtown will push less affluent buyers to places like this that are more affordable.  

They need an enormous amount of capital to build a grid that will last.

Tenants almost never use them, and they add enormously to your insurance expense.  

That means you are setting aside an enormous $816/year, assuming no vacancies, or any other surprises. 

They have the world's top genomics center, and a number of startups birthed from its research.The county also has enormous agricultural base, with companies like driscol, martinelli's...The action sports industry is centered here with Oneill, Santa Cruz bikes, Giro helmets, Surftech and a number of other global brands.