I have recently been captivated by real estate through BiggerPockets books, podcasts, and forums.

The relative with the oceanfront condos is basically making the captive on-site property manager rich.

If you use a company without agents or captive agents (they only write for the one company) there is less leverage in a problem situation. 

Below are the antonyms for freedom, according to Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus:Dependence and captivity… According to this definition, freedom is some sort of independence from some external force or power.

respond in a way that your response captivates their attention as opposed to responding in a way that just satisfies it.

I have been able to find him solutions in the past, but have never seen a captive insurance company like Farmers, State Farm, Allstate, or Country Financial insure these types of properties.  

It's a big dream but I know that it's worth pursuing and I'm captivated by the idea. 

There is just something about real estate that leaves me so captivated. 

The bad local TK providers are not on BP and it is rare you hear anything about these guys (until their clients come to us for management; my thought is the most novice (and gullible)  investors find these type of providers through sales solicitation sites and get captivated by the #'s these bottom feeders provide that we know are not obtainable.

It appears you wife's practice is captive so hopefully they are not charging a premium to purchase the space.