Profit First: A Simple System to Transform Any Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by: Mike Michalowicz5. 

So it'll be basically the same...But with robot janitors.HotelBot 5000.Drones with laser beams?

If you want to get speculative what happens when amazon is the main employer and most others have left town, then say 5-10 yrs later the robots take over.Now, I haven't fact checked this, but if it's true short term gain could be there, but longer term maybe not?"

By most accounts, a syndication that produces 5% is bottom of the barrel unless you are looking at monster asset managers with core property. 

I hate condos, HOA fees eat returns like the cookie monster eats cookies, and you have no say about how they run the HOA.

So rather than just quitting, you should focus on how you might reallocate your time towards accomplishing your goals - whether that be building your business, maintaining your business, starting a new career, becoming a volunteer monster, etc. 

Frankly, you're better off buying a 2 bedroom and renting to 'masters' students or TA's.Getting involved with 5 people on a lease is a BIG time eating monster.

I have partnered with 2 other people, one of whom has more experience in this area and has particular interest in CA REO's.My initial experience has been that the 60 cent and lower REO, while discussed on other web sites by so many, is as elusive as the proverbial Loch Ness monster -- everyone talks about it, but nobody actually has it when push comes to shove, unless I want builder's closeouts on condos in FL or houses in Detroit.Several of you on this site seem experienced and successful in this area, and your post in particular caught my eye.

Since my sport of choice was full contact martial arts (Tae Kwon Do), ‘monster’ and ‘Neanderthal’ hung in for a little while.

Yeah back when I used to cold call for another business, I learned how important it is to be yourself and talk to them like a human being and not like a robot reading from a script.