When picking a market, I would recommend first looking at whether or not the state is landlord friendly and then the macroeconomics (population & job growth / any additional drivers that are helping the local economies) of the various cities you're potentially targeting.

They seem to upcharge on materials if they pick them up.

We believe the future of real estate investing is customizable funds which is more like a buffet which allows you to invest in slices of syndication deals that you pick.

Only a fool picks up a hammer and bashes his thumb in with it when he could instead be making million, MILLIONS per hour using his real estate skills.Come on in, the water's fine!

That's also the policy for my team.So now we have been able to adjust that and our clients can decide if they see a value in what we offer and want to work with us - or pick someone else who is cheaper.So you can try to negotiate the $499 with that agent, but the much more important question is: are you picking the right agent?

@Ann Marie Folan I live in the area and am in the process of looking at picking up a second home to use as a rental property. 

I currently have an experienced real estate accountant who is looking to pick up more hours.

we do much better organic and thought the cost for BP was very high compared to using other avenues - what we also see no matter where you are promoting is a lot of the leads want to pick your brain or want 100% financing...

Hey y'all,I've hit a little dry spell recently and I'm looking to pick back up again.

The tenant is mentally unstable, didn't pay rent over a year, got evicted, forced out by the Sheriff and kept coming back to the property by breaking locks and lock picking.