@John Warren I agree with the local aspect a local real estate agent that recently went to a Boston conference for investors and told me that in Florida the market has yet to reach its peak.

It gives a more professional feel to everything you do, and it makes rent increases and many other aspects of being a landlord MUCH easier.

They know how to find every little thing and know what stuff cost to get done, but you should always be able to get it done for slightly less (10%).Its more work to "set up a team", but holy cow is it an amazing feeling to have a routine to most aspects of your business.

Although I have some income from direct marketing and book sales, for many years 95% or more has come from real estate but different aspects of it like rentals, flips, holding paper and managing/contracting.

One of my favorite entertaining aspects to do when I can is to find a real estate seminar in my area and find out how many of those people are there because they see it on TV and think to myself I can do that- how wrong is that mentality.

There's also the aspect of lowering your tax obligation, which may or may not be significant, depending on your tax bracket.

Traditionally I've subscribed to this view myself, but I've started to question this thinking:Fed rates are a major aspect of mortgage rates.

But I do like the WiFi remote-control aspect.

I just purchased my 1st buy and hold and want to self manage to learn that aspect of my business. 

Hi Kyle,The most important aspect of the podcast is uniqueness.