Houses aren't fungible like airline tickets or hotel rooms.You are equating the services of a real estate agent to that of a marketing platform and transaction facilitator both of which are certainly vulnerable to technological efficiencies. 

You need to have different buckets of funds, Roth IRA, real estate, gold/art, cash, notes, etc etc. otherwise you're vulnerable to fewer changes in law. 

Cons: More expensive, less control, sometimes the service is worse than self-managementFull-time Employee/Self-management   Pros: Better control, less expensiveCons: Investor spends more time managing, vulnerable to employee turnover, access to fewer maintenance techs

I don't want to get more wealthy by preying on those that are far more vulnerable. 

Similar updates to Cozy’s environment are applied in days, or even the same day, for critical vulnerabilities.4) We actively and voluntarily pursue data security.

It has the downsides of being somewhat invested in oil and being vulnerable to hurricanes, but from what I've read both of these downsides are mitigated by Houston having a pretty broad job market nowadays, and buying homes outside of flood zones.

Hey @Troy S I don't think you misspoke and I think you are making a good point that we should all make sure we are in complete integrity with all our dealings.I think I get the heart of what you are saying (and I'm trying to keep with the intent of this thread) new investors are vulnerable and we MUST take care to not lead them in a manipulative way. 

Lurked around BP site for the past year, have listened to  the BP Rookie Podcast on my drive to work, read books Skip the Flip and Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing; then decided to FINALLY  make an account the other day, just  accept my vulnerability and ask the forum for direction.

Guide, I completely agree with you in the fact that this war we're in right now certainly does make us vulnerable to other attacks right now - and maybe I'm wrong (hopefully not), but I just don't see them making an attack on us.

Use that to spray in the face of someone who is getting violent.If you have to fight, remember to strike vulnerable areas (throat, eyes, groin).