I should preface this next part by saying that I am not a futures trader, but I tried to collect this data as accurately as I could:Commodity Time period Change in costCopper 2001-2007 UP 388%Steel 2001-2007 UP 238%Asphalt Cement 2001-2007 UP 143%Cement 2001-2007 UP 92%Gasoline 2001-2007 UP 96%US electricity prices 2001-2007 UP 118%US Median HouseholdIncome 2001-2007 UP 70%US Median Price of aSingle family home 2001-2007 UP 37%Lumber and plywood were fairly flat during this time frame.

Can a person find a property and inform an investor and get paid at all, regardless of the payment being a percentage of gain or a flat fee at the close of the contract?

It seems most flat / complex owners rely on people either not knowing their rights, or being too busy to pursue them :(

Just be smart and use it for business, and not like other idiots who go out and buy flat screen tv's, etc.

After you get off your day job, it is not very easy to go feel like showing clients around.Like hopeful_homes said, maybe I will refer my clients for a commission.I think a lot of my problem comes from the fact that I do not feel comfortable with my broker.I wanted to do flat rate MLS listings for 300 bucks.

Over time, its flat.

If you factor inflation out, real estate prices have been flat for the last 100+ years.Have a look at this post:http://forums.biggerpockets.com/viewtopic.php?

When vacancies go up, your rent tends to be flat, or even decline as you have to offer deals to get tenants.

My first investment property was the house I lived in and then rented out when I left - Palm Bay, FL. At

Now I'll give you a funny:The maintenance man called me to tell me that while patching roofing on one building he looked over and saw someone had installed a full size pool with pump and filter on the top of a 3 story flat tar roof building directly adjacent.