It is in an excellent location (in the heart of DC) and will reduce my daily commute time by approximately 1.5 hrs.

I suppose if you can maintain a decent daily budget and ride it out for awhile it may provide a deal or two, I think I could put that money elsewhere and get a better ROI.

There is good reason for a settlement agent to examine the sale contract.I learn things on BP almost daily too, I've come to the conclusion that Cali is very different and varies from the norm of long standing practice.

All the other fees are pre-paid items and they will be pretty much the same with everyone (title fees, escrow, daily interest).When shopping lenders, try to get quotes the same date, because interest rates change often and can jump significantly from one day to another.

Great "deals" are made routinely by investors and motivated sellers in every area of the country weekly or daily.

On daily basis, there are hundreds and thousands of work being done in all trades at the same time.

Needless to say, I'd rather pay my fair share and abide by the rules.Just a word of advicedon't use the words 'patriot' or 'tea party' in the name of your S-Corp :) :)

If you rent on a weekly basis, or even a daily basis, you will NOT be full all the time.

This results in maybe 1 to 2 deals the first year even if they are a dud in creating additional business.The first 10 years as an agent goes usually like this.First 3 years is 80% new business and 20% from your existing sphere of influence.Next 3 years is about 50% new business and 50% repeat business.Next 4 years is about 20% new business and 80% repeat business.It's not that you aren't getting new business it's that by now you have a group of people that you know and want to work with on a daily basis and do not want the ONE OFF deals that take a bunch of your time and energy.

Many use daily fees and combinations like a certain amount to some date and then a per day fee.