Sometimes I do understand in day to day you do not get advantage, but there is always few instances where you may have felt it just was worth and paid for it to have a broker license.

I suspect the disclosure language will follow.. and CE  or training is a good idea but that would probably be step 2.Oregon can be pretty funny when it comes to laws and regs.For instance in the logging industry.. there are all sorts of environmental laws of course and as a logger your expected to know them..

For instance I’ve got a building that still has 3 unrenovated units.

Would switching to targeting refinery workers endanger your ability to attact students in the future (a break in the word of mouth advertising, for instance).

A few months back, I worked with a friend who’d helped a first-time flipper in Jonesboro turn a crusty old single-family place into something that looked straight out of a design magazine.

If syndicator is building reserves for the first year of ownership, for instance, and not paying distributions, AND recognizes rental profit, you will have a larger tax bill that year, since you "made money" in the IRS's eyes, even though you did not receive any cashflow from your syndicator.On a more general note, a preferred return does not mean you will get that amount of cash flow each year.  

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In this instance the tenant questioned the other 5 and determined their rent was the only increase.

For instance, if I buy a house 20% down, 5% closing prep costs where the rent matches the mortgage, interest and tax and assume a 5% rent growth and appreciation, I'm expecting an 11% total return which is just not good enough for the hassle involved. 

Operational control, most importantly, the ability to perform value add work to increase your returns.For instance, if I want to buy microsoft which I think is a great investment (likely to net 15-20% for the forseeable future)--better than real estate (which I expect to unleveraged yield 8-10% (5-6% on rent 3-4% on appreciation).