The deal, reached after a yearslong court battle initially brought by a group of home sellers in Missouri, calls for the powerful National Association of Realtors, which has long regulated the way U.S. homes are sold, to amend its rules on how Realtors for sellers and buyers are compensated.In most real estate transactions in the United States, both the seller and buyer have an agent representing them.

So simple but so powerful. 

pretty common reaction lol. the reality is that yes, investing does come with challenges. if you treat your investments like a business & really commit to being great at it, you will face far fewer challenges than the average mom and pop landlord. another reality of it is that the wealth-building power of RE, when done right, SERIOUSLY outweighs challenges like landlord/tenant issues. in life, find people who are doing what you want to be doing, and take advice from only them. block out the rest. 

It’s a very powerful tool. 

Nobody from the Mexican government to local businesses to foreign investors to drug cartels has any interest whatsoever in killing the golden goose so we should expect they'll do whatever is in their power to avoid that violence gets out of control and threatens tourism.

Power lines? 

Economies of scale is a powerful concept, but most of us start out flipping houses and don’t really understand that until we hit our first wall.

Knowledge is power, but also a burden.

Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics recently said as much: “The Fed threatens to misjudge the economy’s strength, hold rates too high for too long, and unnecessarily undermine it.

That kind of analysis just look at prices without taking into account the buying power of the local buyers, which makes it completely flawed.Short-term rentals haven't been banned per se.