My wife used Real Estate Express as well for her pre-license course the next year and passed her test too.  The

If you just rob the bank with a gun and a mask, at least you won't be leaving a paper trail.

The treasury yields are what actually moves interest rates, even more than the FED's rate on banks borrowing money, that is about to be raised 75 bps too. The

It simply masks the low performance with increased cash flow. 

I should mention the MLS listing was scary, it claimed one had to enter at their own risk, wear a mask (there was a little mold from the basement getting storm runoff, but it wasn't bad). 

There was a wonderful duplex for sale for 415k and I was negotiating tooth and nail for it.

Things I found: reglazing a tub...only splashed some paint on it; replace light fixtures...actually found some second hand light covers which were mismatched, in the same room; painting...they didn't cut in or mask and painted over light and outlet covers; replace and install window blinds; they used the existing mountings to install blinds even when the original mountings were done wrong (they charged $45 per set and used $10 Walmart blinds); patch, sand, and paint drywall...they patched and painted, but didn't sand.

Might be a little weird if you come up to a house wearing a surgical mask, lol.

Wear a mask nonetheless.

At the same time, this need for a "good fit" can be used to mask discrimination because the reason will likely hold up in court.No matter what the laws are on the books, American Ingenuity has ways of getting around many of them ("loopholes").My takeaway: Accumulating enough income-producing assets makes F.I.R.E. possible.