Now imagine if that were the case in the case with the Euro, Pound, as well as the dollar and more.

One of the people they sent to her place (an independent living apartment building) was an hour late, had to get taxi money from the apartment manager, was drunk or stoned or both and pounded on her door scaring her badly.

So, your artsie type could live upstairs, have a retail showroom and pound metal in the back.Just check the market for such types, get some interest before you buy if you can.

If there are overhead large oven hoods bolted into the ceiling for the kitchen those weigh thousands of pounds.

It all comes down to the calorie/pound/dollar obviously Jay

A fair number of British attorneys in England are over the $1,000 pound per hour mark.  

Start pounding the pavement building a portfolio of properties to manage? 

Japanese culture is really strong and the saying "the nail that sticks out gets pounded" applies.

Disgusting - my current rehab, with its pounds of dead roaches everywhere and a pile of poo in the utility room.

@Ryan Pounds It is laid out nicely in the book, 'How to Get Started in Real Estate Investing' by Robert Irwin.