My wife picked out an expensive Kohler for our master bath, Turns out she likes the Home Depot toilets better.

In speaking with our insurance agent, we decided not to make an offer.

How would you recommend, or what resources would you refer for us to properly figure out how we spend our time and appropriately get compensated for it?

Is anyone still using free classified sites to market for Motivated Sellers?

Like you said RE is a people business and if you are uncomfortable with people you probably aren't going far. bottom line people our age actually worked at 8 9 10 years old did not sit home playing computer games LOL.. although kids doing that today and have a knack for it and go into tech later do quite well of course :)   I mean for me it was 57 to 60 years ago I am just thankful today I am alive and well and can read and type and still work :)  AND remember those days fondly.

I know it helped our value.

We currently live in CA, but are moving to Illinois in the coming months - so this will be our state of residence soon.

In our still relatively limited experience, seller financiers are usually looking to get a higher asking price in exchange for the favor of the private loan. 

Here’s our OPINION for the Metro Detroit market (use as a template for your target area!)

In our area, it is rare to find a gas station where the real estate is owned by the operator.