After hiring a bunch of career military guys, we found they adapted to our culture about a year to a year and 1/2 after they left the service.  

Hey everyone,This is sort of a backwards question compared to all the podcasts and stories celebrating quitting a day job for REI.

At the current moment everyone and their grandma are jumping up and down celebrating (wedding like) telling stories about how much money they made or will make in Real Estate.

I guess if the amount due on your performing loan is higher than the value of the property, and you set the min bid at that amount due, it's pretty much a given you will end up with the property in the end, but I don't think that's necessarily a cause for celebration...

Plus you guys have all the celebrity flippers in your area. 

Also most are highly educated who painstakingly went to college for many years.So at least the world I see counter argues with the world many “gurus” (guys who lecture to sell their books, videos etc) preach which looks down on the cubicle/ 9-5 culture and higher education (not to mention home ownership) but tells people to skip all of that “nonsense crap” and get right into RE as their fastest ticket to the country club.

 I recently investigated event insurance; to have 200 drunk people on my property celebrating a wedding was $110 and coverage for 1 day.

Show #40 was a celebration for the 40th show so it didn't have a guest, but Josh and Brandon shared 40 quick tips.In this episode they also introduced the first sponsor of the show.

We'll go over the details of your project and the details of our business culture, how we operate to achieve success for both of us.Our areas of operations are (Northern California) Certain Areas of Contra Costa County, San Joaquin County, in some cases Sacramento County.

The difference is I know a ton of more people who didn't and ended up in a bad way very easily to the point where it's almost a part of the culture/acceptable.I'm not saying Melrose is anywhere near the equivalent at all but here are some numbers for you on Melrose.The number of towns (over 10K residents) in MA that have a lower per capita rate of crime per category than Melrose:Murder: 75Rape: 62Robbery: 101Assault: 70Burglary: 59Larceny: 102Motor Theft: 123Arson: 66Overall: 95Compared to these overall ranks: Wayland: #1Weston: #5Bedford: #7Sudbury: #13etc...My wife thinks the education system is the most important thing and from my personal experience, safety/low crime culture is the most important thing.