I love talking about it, I love looking at houses, I love making offers, I LOVE when those offers are accepted, I love the back and forth negotiations, I love the possibility of what an ugly house can become, I love the process of making an ugly house better, I love listing the finished product, I love signing the closing documents and I love cashing big fat checks!

You'll never see a fat roofer.2.

If you want the best coverage in case something happens, call an independent agent and tell them you want a policy with Chubb...then be prepared to write a big fat check for that premium.As Dave Ramsey used to say, drive into any major city in the US and look at the names on the largest buildings downtown...usually either an insurance company or a bank, or both.

the #1 killer of investment returns is a fat wallet."

Has any landlord here ever had to evict a morbidly obese bisexual drug addict, her fetishist feeder boyfriend, and all their sex toys and vintage fat-fetish porn VHS video collection?

My concern is that real estate makes a big fat target for increased taxes in the future.A raise in capital gains taxes will hurt the 'appreciation' folks.

@Darius Ogloza I fat fingered that $50K.

You can make it a policy to never rent to fat people if you wanted.

I know if I hired one to take care of a property, there would be a fat bonus at the end of the year if there were no problems and I was making money because of their good management.

You need to make sure that you are buying at a high enough cap rate that you have some fat in the deal to tide you over if vacancy rises.