With 1800 agents and 23 offices in the company I affiliate with the broker would not know me if he ran into me in a store.

I'm curious how the prices of specialty shop like the one you mention compare to ordering a granite top at a big box store (Lowe's, Home Depot, etc).

Well just go to the dollar store.

With that type of name recognization maybe start a plumbing school or start a plumbing supply store.

We're so glad you've found us and decided to join inthe conversation.Since you have a company, and I'll assume, a webpage,why not update your profile and add a signature blockso that people can easily contact you.Let's get this store open for business!

We need tenants, maintenence crews, and someone to be there at 9pm when I go to the grocery store!

Buy it off them and store and ship all the products yourself.

If you go thru a store they will add their margin on top of that.

However, I just received notice today from my current screening agency (landlord2landlord.com) that I will no longer be able to pull credit reports with out having someone from their office come out to do an "on-site inspection" of my "property management office" to ensure that if it is in a residential location, it is secure and separate from my living area.As you can imagine, I do not have an entire (locked) room of my house devoted solely to managing my (one) rental unit (although I am of course careful with storing confidential information, as any responsible landlord would be).

I have no employees to baby sit, no perishable inventory to move, no franchise fees to pay, and no store to maintain.