I've also dipped my toes into the US market which has been surprising simple and fruitful as a Canadian.

When I worked for a property subleasing company, they would leave a basket with a simple welcome/thank you card.

My belly is swollen from all the fresh fruit I've been devouring lately :-).

You are still at the beginning of this so you are going through learning phases that can affect your data and the algorithm is trying to find the lowest hanging fruit, so there will be changes to come. 

Sometimes we will "pre-list" and start a waitlist if we have professional photos from the previous turnover, but otherwise it's not usually fruitful to show a property while it's still occupied in this market.

Probably hurt its growth a bit by diverting some funds I could have used for internal purposes, but you know what they say about all your eggs in one basket.

Its certainly not as "cool" as getting a lump sum of cash to invest with but could prove more fruitful in the long run.Also for the folks suggesting self directed/ solo 401k's, don't you need to be self employed in order to use that (or at least not have a full time W-2)?

Bureau of Labor Statistics.The CPI is a key barometer of inflation, measuring prices of anything from fruits and vegetables to haircuts and concert tickets.

Face to face interaction is always more fruitful! 

Has 2 car garage, barn, nice pond and sitting on 4 beautiful acres with fruit trees, grape vines and surrounded by beautiful trees and pines.