Debt free 20year holds in Denver means that he was buying at the end of the RTC crisis and  right when telecom was just starting to lift Denver from the horrendous housing slump of 86 - 94. 

I work in a telecom startup as a director of product.

We can look at a low dividend stock like an insurance company, versus say a telecom with a high dividend. 

I work in telecom and have had a long-time interest in real estate investing but always thought it was out of reach.

Denver was hit pretty hard due to the presence of telecom - a lot of fiber companies went down the tubes. 

For plain text SMS, there are ways to keep the costs down, but when you're looking to send images out in a mass message without the end-user initiating the session, you could be looking at some fairly steep fees from the wireless providers as well as registration fees with your state/federal telecom regulatory agencies (In the thousands of $ in monthly fees).This is actually the exact reason that I built seeinside.mobi the way I did, with the mission of keeping costs down for all parties concerned (agents as well as buyers) as well as to limit the amount of interference from regulatory bodies while avoiding local & international legal issues.

Hello Ralph, and welcome to the forum.There are a number of people doing the shared office idea, it is generally called "executive offices" or "virtual offices" depending on the services rendered such as conference room, telecom, fax, secretarial, etc.

Using it for setting up some investors for a friends real estate acquisition and management business.The income statement he gave me to calculate investor returns from lacked depreciation and corporate taxes.Nobody for instance investing in telecom companies, says whats my IRR on EBITDA? 

Specifically, we were invested in Telecom's like AT&T/Verizon, as they have a 4.5%-5.5% dividend yield.

I wouldn't be holding my breath on Fredrickstead coming close to the level of cruise ships that Charlotte Amalie brings in anytime soon either despite the steps they have made on the tourism front.I would feel much more comfortable counting on Hovensa and the potential telecom hub bringing jobs to STX though (eventually), and I do think it has the potential to be a great opportunity for single-family home investors.