Agents will continue dropping out of course, there have been more agents than listings in the last few years and that's not sustainable, but probably more will drop out due to the lack of inventory than the NAR settlement. 

I was planning to go to med school, but realized that I wanted to go that route so I could dump earnings into real estate.

If the repair is to large or the problem to complicated to fix easily I would drop out of the deal.

You may not like all the taxes you pay, but you probably like the roads you drive on, the firefighters who put out your house when it catches on fire, police, schools, airports, football stadiums, regulations against poisons in toothpaste, and numerous, numerous other things the government does.Track down and work with a good accountant or tax strategist.

I am looking to rent out my home for college students at a school that is a 6 min drive from here.

It is FSBO, owner is old school and simply looking to get rid of the headaches associated with being a landlord and fund his retirement.

Jessie - As a GP (and someone who went to school in worcester :) ) - it is a lot harder to invest passively as I want to be hands on.

If anyone is considering doing a FHA loan on a 3-4 unit property, especially in a high cost area, feel free to reach out to me for feedback/discussion as I just went through the real school of hard knocks, but came out with a great cash flowing property!

Last time I checked, their pricing (for the large 2-sided full-color PC) was still pretty competitive:Postcard printing .14 (for 7 DAY turnaround)Processing for mailing .07 ($175 fee divided by 2,500 pieces)Standard postage .28-------------------------------------------------------------------.49 per piece total (Does not include mailing list)So, that's comparing old-school static printing to the new-tech variable printing (apples to oranges comparison), but you get the idea.P.S.

Old school ways but they can work if you're consistent.