Truthfully, there's no real difference in the material verses a book titled, "Real Estate Investing Strategies"....just the perception in the buyers mind.

Detroit’s never going to be Chicago in my lifetime, but I would love to see the public perception of Detroit change.

When dealing in commercial properties, you are not dealing with mom and pop, you're dealing with sophisticated business people and if they aren't they hire people who are.

If the commercial is listed most that I have had dealings with want their agent/broker to earn is commission, meaning I'm talking to them before I get to the seller.Residntial can be the same wy, but usually your seller is less sophisticated in such matters and can easily be intemidated when you start talking about disclosures and contracts, I'm saying some, and a Realtor then becomes an asset.I don't suggest anyone new in the game as a buyer deal with a listing agent, they should have a buyers' agent at first.

That is, both from a portfolio management perspective (my perception of your portfolio), as well as expsoing yourself to high growth areas of the 21st century I think international equities (developing nations to be more precise) is your best bet.

Either low-end borrowers have their “heads in the sand,†Saitta said, because they are less sophisticated, or they are staying in the home as long as possible without paying rent until they get evicted.

What I mentioned above has more to do with perception and causes for them, IMO, not clearly but along the fringe.So in the OP, it appears an assumption of wealth is being made, but is that really the basis for the scorn?

I'll let you know as I have two in current bankrupcty and possible one more coming.I think you just have to really know your numbers and then figure out what your perception of "lowball" is.

I have come across many sophisticated tenants (and potential tenants) that knew the laws very well.

Structuring a transaction in a manner where you the sophisticated investor are setting the buyer up for failure is unethical.