If it didn't pay my bills, I wouldn't have the time to give them vital information because I have to eat.We live in a capitalist society, and we each survive by providing some type of information, service, or product that will help someone accomplish something, and we do it for a fee.

This way they can keep up and your heating and air conditioning units will survive.

Hi my name is Harry I've been in the real estate buisness for 25 yrs.

And when it does begin to turn there will still be plenty of opportunities to make money.Starting out, an investor should think more about how do I survive long enough to get through the learning curve and less about how do I hit a home run right off the bat?

In addition, it shoudl be remembered that in the rental business we're not flipping houses, wholesaling, or running a business that requires doing 5 deals a month to survive.

Business is about survival of the fittest.

Well, maybe it is a LITTLE silly.If you are only planning to have one rental, you'l probably survive one bad rental.

We may have some of the worst property tax, an insurance board that's in the pocket of the industry and the scummiest politicians money can buy; BUT we can sure bounce deadbets quickly.Back in the late '80s or early '90s the Houston Chronicle did an article about evictions because there are so many filed in Harris County (Houston).

yes Alex Harris so I can have MLS access.

I think if you are a broker/agent and you depend on these small referral fees to survive instead of closing deals then you need to analyze your business model.