The Nobel laureate V.S.

Such gifted minds were in charge of the fund, it even included Nobel laureates (In Economics!)

Your play-by-play of the day reminds me of the cowboy poets.

Jason, you are a poet, as if you didn't know it!

The poet John Milton’s words, “They also serve who only stand and wait,” may be both profound and genuine, but the true riches of life are far more likely to accrue to those who actively go out and seek them.

That body of knowledge can be frightful sometimes Joel :)I've seen blogs by frustrated poets and authors, just a means to express themselves and that's all well and good to let the creative juices flow, but when it comes to things like advising others in money matters or their health issues or buy a home, you'd think people would have enough sense not to advise if they really didn't know the subject....not always the case I know. :)

@Dave Foster you are a damn poet!

I'm currently looking to expand my real estate portfolio, but through residential rentals.I work full time as a research assistant at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research and part time at the Center for Genetics at St Francis Hospital (although I plan on leaving that position soon after finding my first deal).

I'm going to try to address them, but it's going to be in a haphazard format (sorry, I'm not a poet). 

Construction costs and material costs are cheaper because you are selling a 250k house to a first time buyer, not a 800k house in Poet's Corner.