This is why you don't see a bunch of national chains near main street- numbers made sense compared to other regional destinations (Gulf Shores, Smokey Mountains, Galveston, ect.)

While R/E investing is about the same nationally the laws are different in each and every state.

The National Association of Realtors just named it one of the top 10 best markets of 2025.

It has been bad for the general US populace and good for a select elite group of US and international business interests who now seek to manipulate the masses to believe ending it will be bad for them, the people.Balance is what needs to be restored and the tool as old as the nation to do such is tariffs.  

of the "great photo" examples having calendars that are wiiiiiiide open, with barely a booking on them.Fair enough, I pulled these from first page results of nation wide searches (it was skewed SE for me because I mainly look in those areas) so they obviously rank very high on the algorithm.

The value of commercial MF has fallen nationally.  

Previously the National Association of Realtors was the main lobbying force for landlords and property rights in the country.

@Toby FellowsYou are correct, you need to ‘hang’ your license under a broker in order to practice real estate, and most brokerages require you to become a member of the National Association of Realtors as well.While you are preparing and taking your courses, contact several brokers and interview them to find out who might be a good fit.

The 4% and 6% rates are just the names given to differentiate commercial and owner-occupied.The 6% rate is obviously significantly high, but it's fairly average nationally.

This has happened all over the country and will continue to happen because we are becoming a renter nation and we will probably never keep up with the housing supply.