I learned this saying along time ago in the business and it still rings true today.Some phrases are timeless and there is a reason behind that."

It will get the phone ringing at the least.

If you do not keep putting more gas in the car you run out of fuel and it goes off in the ditch.People sometimes think once they have been together a long time and finally get married that the ring and license paper means they can slack off and not put into the relationship what they used to. it is simply not that way.We can usually resolve any issues these days.

I responded, "I answer the phone when it rings and I schedule appointments as soon as possible after that call so they don't have time to shop somewhere else."

So I for one try to champion for the out of area folks I hate to see this happen it gives all the good people a bad name and our country as a whole..I think the industry has cleaned itself up a lot but there are STILL scammers out there and there are still people selling 10 to 25k cash flow homes and not fully explaining how very hard they are to own and manage if you do not live within and hour of the asset and can take care of it your self.

Price Hill has no champion on city council and is invisible to the mayor's office. 

Not sure if you are familiar with a UGB (Urban Growth Boundary - 20 year growth ring) or UAR (Urban Area Reserve District) but they can really affect the costs of raw land.

I'll throw my ring in the hat for Nashville.  

I'm coming to find in evaluating properties that the 50% "rule" is decent for a back-of-the-napkin initial evaluation but it doesn't exactly ring true in real life.

All the toilets or unstable and need new o-rings (according to the inspector) should i do that while there in there?