If I pretend that none of that will ever occur, I can claim an extremely low expense ratio today, but it won't reflect reality over time.On the other extreme, the big apartment building (the pink elephant) that I purchased in January has one apartment that has been vacant for a couple of years.

Of course, the reality is that they are worth nowhere near that, and are unlikely to ever sell for those prices again, at least in my lifetime.

Another "guru" argument is that you can get the "buyer" to do the maintenance, but the reality is that this is illegal in many states and even if it is not, the tenant often can't afford to do the maintenance or screws it up when they try to do it themselves.

I have never needed either yet and would frankly prefer to run like hell than ever get into a fight in someone else's territory (and not just for legal concerns) but the reality of the world is that there are bad people out there who are not governed by reason and must therefore be governed by other means.

But in reality, brokers are people too, and a good deal is a good deal.

Even without the crazy appreciation from 2001 to 2006, the house would be worth significantly more after 17.5 years.The reality, though, is that many people bought in 2005 or so.

In reality this is about a $350 month loser.all cash

In reality, who knows.Heller & Frank's course has forms with it.Thanks for that compliment.

Which tells me that reality hasn't truly hit the sellers, or that the agents are just taking the listings without explaining the facts of life to the sellers.2.

This is probably a dead topic, but I think when you're starting out you’ll come across what you might think of as opportunities when in reality they’re traps.