Where there is risk there is always greater reward! 

Paid-off houses is just moving assets from higher risk (and thus higher reward, i.e. you have a leveraged house which frees up cash to buy another house, increasing your return but also adding some risk) to lower risk (if the place goes vacant for a year, you won't lose it to foreclosure, for example).

I'll spend more time on the boards and hopefully can get a better sense of when the reward is worth the risk.Paul- what are the #'s that you are looking at?

Ut was a small reward but mire than what i started out with.

What said agent acting as an agent and a undisclosed principal.. all those types of issue that can get a broker into hot water.So your probably right your broker given your experience  lack of generating revenue for the firm did not like the Risk = reward component of your hanging your license with him.

High risk equals high reward...

There can also be rewards. 

Best success I have had is print off the jumbo postcards from vistaprint find the largest broker in your area buy a couple $5 starbucks gift cards (for the front desk assistants), show up, charm the front desk and ask them put a flyer/postcard in every agent's mailbox.

and also go through the time it takes to sell with an agent days in the market (DOM) tell the average amount of time it takes to sell a house with an agentSo it’s costs money and it costs timeColumn 2, renting it out with a property manager, there are risks and rewards A property manager cannot guarantee cash flow so you can make your bank payment A property manager cannot guarantee will be no damage in a property manager does not keep an eye on the property that much, maybe once in a while so if there’s an eviction you have to pay for it and if this damage you pay for it if there’s no rent coming in, you have to pay the mortgageColumn 3, I generally talk about seller financing in generalthere’s lease to own and owner financing Lease to own you turn the property into an investment property you are landlord and you have to pay the mortgage your to pay maintenance and taxes and insurance hopefully the behavior of your tenant buyer versus a regular tenant is better, money on time, no damage the tenant buyer wants to buy the property the tenant buyer most of the time does not cause you trouble as the landlord the buyer wants you the landlord to give them a good recommendation when they try to get the mortgage down the road; they need their landlord to give them verification of rents (VOR) Owner financing with sub2 means you’re selling the property and the owners have a deed it’s a little bit like contract for deed where you pay on a contract, and you can either finish the contract or refinance contract and pay off the existing financing___________________________________________________How to buy subject toit’s important that you read this next sentence,I DONT BUY SUB2 UNLESS ITS A PERFECT HOUSEwhat’s a perfect house?

The inaccuracy of BPO's lend to the risk of buying the note, but also the opportunity of reward as well.