We all have a Myrtle Beach address, and most of us work in Myrtle Beach, but because we're not technically within city limits this giant mass of residents isn't factored into any of the Myrtle Beach demographics like crime rates, etc.  

I am one of the very few STR's in a town surrounded by 10+ wedding venues, university, businesses, mass construction, etc.

I’m now reverting to mass mailing.

In fact, in my pre-licensing course in Mass, the instructor said that if we were ever in a setting with other agents, like a gathering at a bar, and someone said something like "you know, we should all agree to a minimum of Z%" that we were to loudly and publicly excuse ourselves.Business brokering is so much more fun - and we charge a lot more commission too!

These include falsely claiming to have closed dozens of deals when none were ever closed, illegal payment of undisclosed sales commissions to bundlers and independent contractors, advertising the funds as safe and appropriate to investors with obvious near-term needs for their capital, creating fund of funds en masse assembly line fashion with no corresponding SEC filings, unregistered brokers/financial advisors acting in that capacity absent licensure, having customers wire money claim the fund is fully subscribed and putting them into a high yield promissory note, accepting funds from unaccredited investors, misrepresentations about the debt put on the project, lies about experience level of the principals, omissions of material facts, and at least two straight up Ponzi schemes.While it's true that some legitimate operators are having issues in their portfolios, today's circumstances are a perfect example of the idiom, "you can only discover who is swimming naked when the tide goes out."

I think we have another few years before the masses really catch on to Detroit.

But as I have said before your  sand box is pretty cool and very hard to duplicate in most of the US.. but then again you play the hand your dealt and the money is made in real estate when you understand the very technical type transactions.. where the mass's just think of vanilla sales .. 

I know, but mass ignorance does not change the reality of it any less.     

And, to get high rental income, you generally need (mass) tourism.Mexico and the Dominican Republic have been successful at bringing tourists through massive investments in infrastructure, marketing and bringing direct flights from across the world.

Question for the masses: is it worth it or beneficial to obtain a real estate license while investing?