Granted, I am opposed to bandit signs and do not use them but we're talking about breaking a municipal ordnance here, not blowing up a competitor's car so he won't get your deal.  

I definitely would not count it as profit considering the clients I mainly consulted with are essentially competitors I'm teaching to be better at taking deals from me. 

I'm thinking the wallet most likely was swiped from the guy at a party (apparently, there were quite a few parties held there), emptied in the bathroom and then stashed in the dropped ceiling.

@Rick Harmon , I agree, the more difficulties are involved in a deal, the fewer the competitors that want to do the work.

But mix it up and build reporie with these people and I like the last line what Michael said about "Who do you know" I am going to swipe that one

by Hugh Bromma[disclaimer: this is not an endorsement of his self-directed IRA company, in fact I got started with his competitor's company and keep planning to move our accounts over, but haven't gotten round to the "rolling over"-though persons considering raising real estate capital this way, should compare the fee structures of the top 3 administrators of the self-directing Real Estate IRAs-- as they can differ significantly, based on the number of transactions you anticipate annually...Bob

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