Additionally, he even said it wouldn't be unreasonable to ask the seller to consider offering me a lower, "discounted" cash deal that would get the property sold outright with the lump sum he wanted so badly, maintain the "good faith" we had been working with for so long, and also avoid me filing a complaint/reporting the agent to the state licensing board, which could result in a bad mark on his license, suspension, etc. - After all, the agent IS the seller's son-in-law, so he would hopefully want what is best for both him and his family.

Similar theme being, if the people can't figure out simple economics, the government will need to protect us from endangering ourselves. 

Beach and maritime themed decorations if near the ocean, moutainy stuff in the mountains, spurs and horse shoes in the southwest/desert, etc.

The other thing you have to consider is premium themes can start to get $$$. 

There are a ton of great responses on here from a lot of market place veterans and I think the theme is the same.  

I wouldn't make a blog your company website, but you can certainly use Wordpress and a cool theme to develop a website and have a page dedicated to updates/posts.

I'm seeing the common theme of high taxes.

As an investor, I am looking for hidden value in terms of unseen equity or potential income streams.The original theme of this thread was about getting into the market at these low unemployment rates was dangerous. 

I think STR's work well for 'destination points' or theme-based venues.

given your stated goal of passive cash flow I think you have much better options then trying to turn a house into a renter when you never purchased it with that intention backwards justifying accidental landlording seems like a pretty common theme around here so your in good company