I do find it interesting that in 2 days I have 2 visitors who are located very close together in a city on the other side of the planet.

Why should someone with a maintenance free property pay higher management fees to cover the guy requiring three or four maintenance calls a month.Now clearly there are PMs out there screwing people everyday, just like in every other business and profession on the planet.

A pile of asbestos siding or a bunch of lead painted wood and you have a big and expensive cleanup effort.Build six apartments on that lot and five years from now the resident's kids dig up something toxic and you end up losing everything you've built up.

Welcome to the most helpful real estate investing site on planet Earth.

Geographical Location: Japan (the most honest, reliable and enjoyable business environment on the planet, in my opinion - tenants stay for 4-5 years on average, with 15 and 19 year tenants not uncommon - NEVER intentionally trash or damage a property - honest realtors, sellers and insurance folk, etc etc)3.

If I had my choice, all my rentals (I have more than 30), would be on another planet.

@Manuel Acuna Sorry I dropped off the planet for a while.

There is nobody on planet earth who is better at structuring creative deals and teaching you how to do them.

Remember, everyone on the planet is looking for exactly what you are looking for, and every agent is working with clients wanting the same thing.

There are thousands of others who were just as bright and yet didn't have this same "alignment of the planets" that led to their success.A huge factor in success is, in fact, NOTHING BUT LUCK.