I understand if you allow pets, you're opening doors for whole nother sector of renters' marketWhy else would you do it?

Such is the beauty of the private sector in achieving public good.Another thing I have done is pick up trash on the street of one of my properties.

I have thought about getting into the senior living sector but am now thinking of moving away from management altogether into asset management, eventually.

Because of the limited amount of land, in certain markets, and rising population growth, demand in the real estate apartment sector is high.

Glad to have a comrade in the working class sector!

Growing population, low vacancies, etc. a good and growing tech sector, etc  My suggestion is to find a good commercial broker at a larger agency and use their dept of knowledge to help you find an excellent investment  

"There's a lot of weakness in the consumer sector because of the employment situation, because there's no income growth and so consumer confidence is, I would say, wavering."

I talked to one company (in the nanotech sector) that was more than a month behind due to the amount of submissions they receive.In order to have any real chance of success, you have to use what I call the "shotgun" approach.

If you look back through the recession and recovery, Orange County is doing worse not just in relative terms but absolute terms.”Since 2007, according to the forecast, the cumulative job growth of 2.8 percent in Orange County has lagged the U.S. (3.3 percent) and California (4.9 percent).In the high-tech and information sector, county jobs have taken a dramatic dive of 16.3 percent since 2007.

I am plant operations manager in the oil production/manufacturing sector.