Start doing her job for her and start charging her for it.Last, it's my philosophy that if you are continually dreading interaction with a client or their property, and it's causing you enough stress to post about it, it might be time to cut ties and devote that brain space to your other clients.

I am still relying on my cushy job but I am retiring soon and will be able to devote all my time to the Private Equity Fund.

So you're going to need to devote significantly more money to your acquisition strategy to beat out people like us.

@Brian Davis STRs can be active investments if you can devote 100 hours per year in managing each property and more than any other entity.

I’m not really interested in devoting much time to that.

I'd rent it long term for now and when you have more time to devote to the short term rental game, change strategy. 

In general, the higher fee is justified because non-members do not pay dues to the association which may devote some part of its efforts or resources to the MLS or MLS-related matters.

If this is something you want to do, you have to be willing to devote time and energy to learning as much as you can to it.

I’ve been extremely impressed with his work ethic and his devotion to his customers.

My wife doesn't have a paying job, but easily devoted 750 hours last year networking w/ fellow investors, chasing prospective deals (we invested in 2 MF deals last year, another one early in '15 for which the due diligence was performed in '14, and contracted for 2 SFH's which failed due diligence), performing due diligence, and educating herself on real estate.