I'm an anti-debt kind of person so 1/2 of me wants to acquire about 25-50 rentals and then work hard at paying them off.

If you feel up to the task, get a book and be vigilant.

Ooh, heated topic :lol: Well my 2 cents as a REALTOR®, I believe Miss Bonnie said it well:As a real estate agent, we perform an awful lot of tasks behind the scenes and incur expenses you may not be aware of:Training[list]Did you know that in most states, Real Estate agents are required to take so many hours of classes each and every year to maintain their license?

I've had plenty of people offer to pay 8%.I'm not sure who alluded to talking about commission being an anti-trust issue, but it is my understanding that the "anti-trust" part is when brokers collaborate to keep commissions percentages fixed.No?

I really am anti-slumlord!

That was absolute insanity.Read the first 100 or so pages of Kevin Phillips' new book, "American Theocracy" wherein he traces the rise AND FALL of other nations over the past several hundred years, based solely on their DOMINANCE of (and then, unfortunately their inability to adapt from) the "best available" ENERGY SOURCE OF THE TIME.The Netherlands in the 16th-18th century controlled WATER and WIND power to such an extant that they could automate shipbuilding to such an extent that they ruled the (commercial) waves, and were able to free their workforce from many labor intensive tasks.

Establishing yourself in theCommercial Finance and/or Commercial Real Estate Market canappear to be a difficult task.

You get the greater exposure for your property; you're not being taken from the task for which you make your money at (buying) by answering the phone and showing the property to look-e-loos.

Anti virus and anti spyware programs are only as good as the latest update and effective only against the more common threats.

And now a word about intelligence analysis...With the advent of computers, we can process tasks a lot faster than with good old shoe leather.