I think the best approach is whichever you are comfortable with.

Follow whichever path resonates more with you and your long-term goals.

Good luck on your investing in whichever market it is that you choose.

Check with whichever brokerage you use, they will typically waive any company split or fees (or have a minimal flat fee) for personal transactions.  

,' but they seem to have regrets about it and I can't just invalidate those by saying that.All of this to say: tell people or don't tell people, whichever gets you closer to your goals.

(a) (1) Subject to subdivision (b), an owner of residential real property shall not, over the course of any 12-month period, increase the gross rental rate for a dwelling or a unit more than 5 percent plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 10 percent, whichever is lower, of the lowest gross rental rate charged for that dwelling or unit at any time during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the increase.

I can't sign a new cell phone plan and then demand unlimited data after the fact. 

Other times its nice to do your banking from your cellphone. 

I am looking at a house in a rural area (nearest town population is 600) The numbers on the place look good for a fix and flip, but there is a cellphone tower right across the road from the house.

After we sell the property we will splits profits as agreed upon, (30/70, 40/60)whichever.