I'm sure it'll be one of the first places you trim the fat when it comes to it, as long as things don't turn around.

It was great, I signed my month-to-month lease, and BAM the Kansas gal probably got a nice fat commission for MAYBE an hour of her time from home.When I bought my current house, my REA was fantastic.

Hiring freezes and fat cutting of the lower level(low paid) support staff and production staff(if production is reduced).

Human nature tells me that's a big fat NO.

The investor told me he initially began to convert it into multiple condos but with his age and other properties it is something that has been on the back burner for some years now. 

New sidings, fixed up detached garage with new floor, new concrete driveway, removed oil burner in basement replaced with new HVAC system, a 2nd story deck was added.

When purchasing new properties, this includes inherited liability from former and/or abandoned USTs;2) In residential properties - particular student rentals - tenant frequently allow the fuel tank to run dry which leads to all sorts of extra problems (priming and/or relighting the furnace; clogged burners; frozen pipes, etc) and costs.

Maybe she just wants to feel more secure having a fat bank acct, but for me, I'd rather have it invested in RE and getting a much higher yield than what a bank will pay in a savings acct.

"In the school, we have brokers come in and recruit us (because we can fog a mirror"They don't allow that in Georgia.The instructor is their to train the people to pass the test and NOT to plug their brokerage.In Georgia we can buy lists from the real estate commission FOR A FEE of course for newly licensed agents etc.What some brokers do is give FREE CE courses to win agents over to their company after licensing.Most 100% companies do not let an agent get 100% out of the get being newly licensed.The first 2 to 3 deals they take a big cut for the training they have to do with you.The brokers want you to join as a new agent because they run what I call "puppy mills".They know about 90% of new agents will fail after the first year but will squeeze out 1,2 maybe even 3 deals before puttering out.The brokers want those deals to be at 50% or 40% to the broker.They make fat bank before you leave the biz.Just keep churning new agents every month and watch the other ones die off.

I have looked at a few homes where seller financing was an option- so far, they are either homes that are too expensive (recently renovated by an investor who is now looking to get market- and many times a fat premium because they are owner financing), or homes that are garbage.I found one that has potential as a rental, but it is pretty small and needs a lot more work and thus would probably end up costing nearly as much (and taking longer to move into) as the more expensive one.I plan on continuing to look- there are lots of opportunities, and I know that your talking about when you say that some one "falls in love with" a home.