He is an owner in his firm and very easy to get along with him and his staff.

seems a waste of time. .I totally get the doing it for a living and having millions in the market at anyone time and a staff to help etc.. but I personally just don't see how this is a niche for mom and pop investors.. unless they just want to go through a very steep and arduous learning curve for basically the fun of it.

I'd aim for them (think broadly to also house staff, faculty, grad students, nontrads, even employees of the university)

The pilots have rejected several contracts and the company is unable to staff their planes, requiring them to park them.

While the people who speak bad about it talk about the fees involved and how its almost impossible to get in touch with the hubzu staff.

Remember, many in this business either do our own due diligence or have staff that does it for us.

.• Staff would be a CFO, Underwriter, Transaction Coordinator, Accounting, Processors and Events/marketing plus admin.

We have a 36 bed ALF - Lower income - we figured out how to make money serving a market others do not like to serve -It's been rewarding We have GREAT people/staff now --- People are one of the most important aspectsAs for #'s - it really is a depends question as labor rates vary, state regs are going to vary on how you need to staff etc.Here's the order of our expenses monthly:Wages  (About 40-50% of revenue when we have a good month - fluctuates and this includes my salary which really at any other location may be a management fee etc - but wise to build something in)Principal and interest paymentFood  (When I bought the business Food was higher than P&I but we got it lowered by tweaking some things - I'm sure we could tweak it a little more but I'm not the type that wants to wring every drop of blood out of a turnip - some waste, loss etc is going to happen - I have cooks that take good care of the residents and they are happy which is what I care about)ElectricityAnyways wages by far and away are the largest expense item.I went down this path so am a bit biased I guess - but find a struggling business or an existing one for sale and find a way to buy it and then improve the operations. 

What makes a self-directed IRA custodian different is that they are not purely connected to the public exchanges and limited to investing in stocks, bonds and funds, but rather have the staff training and paperwork to document the IRA's investment in the more individualized transactions that occur when investing in real estate, notes and other non-traditional assets.

If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their different staff qualifications.2.