The masterminds are all a giant waste of time and an excuse for him to vacation on others money.

What is vastly different between US and other developed country area) the tendency of suing between people or enterprise, this create almost every industry has noticeable legal fee/lawyer fee when they conducted a business and punish the consumer at the end.b) the power of private enterprise to create regulation and influencing goverment decision which at the end creates oligopoly structures which dominate how the government react to particular industry (well you can say lobbyst).c) the dependencies to technology (without good understanding of its technology)d) the overcomplicated tax and building code , which at the end creates more profit  to big corporation only.These are the fair point in my own thinking why commision is high , especially #2, it's just the "realtor cartel" push that agenda to public and gov ; and since gov is part of private enterprise too, they just accept it LOLAmerica is one big giant corporation executed by Exxon,Apple,Microsoft, Blackrock, Blackstone, Shell , Lockheed and AIG  whole industrial powerhouse LOL :-) what you see in TV if they seems fighting is just a drama lol

We're def in a down market...we always are during the holidays but we can never truly predict it.

If a holiday falls I the 1st I don't ding the people when it shows on the 2nd but in general it works well for me.

It was a giant PITA but I love AirBnB.Tips, pay your taxes, comply with the rules, be a great and personable host (I keep in touch with most of the people who stayed with me), and have faith that people in general are good and be good back to them.

Holiday weekends in my area brings in many tourists as well and often times I can connect with those potential buyers when pairing the new listing with an open house.~ Lindsey

Happy holidays!

I'm from Des Moines living in Denver, Co but I'm going to be in Des Moines a few times over the next few months (Holidays) and I'd love to attend one of your meetings.  

Idk what it is, but I'm starting to normalize new years and other holidays as just a new week in the life lol.

They carry a giant debt load and debt service, there income is HIGH RISK for compression and decline, so no, they scare me.