First you will say "wow, there is a hell of a lot of down in the DOW" (yup, because traders make $ on, trading, not increasing, why there called traders and not growers).

The truth is that buying from investors (call it turnkey or whatever) rather than from homeowners is almost always a losing proposition for the inexperienced out of area investor for the same reason that newbie commodity traders always get squished. 

There is no reason they need to be in New York.Due to the high percentage of commissions generated by individual and institutional traders, such a tax could make brokerage firms less competitive with firms out of state.

In theory all of those things work.. in reality they rarely do if your not in the business full time IE  an agent or broker.. on the street level .and its regional as hell .. in some markets you can trade real estate like a used car broker you can buy properties for 5 to 20k each and do something with them.in other markets that is not enough money for a earnest money deposit .. so market matters.. your goals matter of course and your ability to capture capital or financing.Keep in mind Brandon is and has invest at least in the beginning when he used to actually participate on the forums.. in a little town on in central coastal Wa. that was basically dead and dying timber AG fishing town.. and properties were not expensive and you had motivated sellers.. he was not in Seattle..

It's like you want to be shown how to be a good Horse Trader?

Then he created ten more versions of the same book, packaged specifically for teachers, managers, salesmen, stock traders, garbage men, and astronauts.

Craigslist and local facebook buy/sell/trade/real estate pages.

Owners and managers need to make decisions on applicants based on criteria that is non-discriminatory under the law, and that minimize the risk to the owner in a legal fashion.I completely understand your concern for ex-cons who need a second chance. 

I had a dinner meeting with a bond trader the Saturday night before the market sank and he called and traded on all of this.  

Which leads to the examination when figuring maintenance, did you find our going trade rates in the area?