Otherwise you'd be paying $10 for a pound of tomatoes and $8 for the happy meal.

We were told to pound sand & a month later we got it for <1/2 his original ask price, but $4k more than our original offer.

Meanwhile the buyer gets pounded losing most of their equity they put the down payment with on the bad deal property.Biggest mistake I see is buyers trying to do things on their own in commercial when their experience has been residential or none at all.

Real estate depreciation is a big part of this business, If you qualify as a professional real estate investor you get other options vs the others who are not, but yes all day everyday, and you should be.I spent years pounding on doors of CPA's trying to fine someone that knows what they are doing, but also to find someone who would be willing to tell me what to do for next year vs just filing taxes based on what I did last year.

They pound on the ceiling to get the tenants from upstairs to stop from essentially moving.I have listened to the noise you can hear it but I think that are exaggerating the situation but in fairness to them it’s annoying.Solution: Insulate the floor between units.Anyone ever had to do this before.  

Demand should have been higher due to the "lack of inventory," and concerns such as Santa Rosa increasingly turning into a congested mess filled with to many 'undesirables' that recently moved northward, etc.

Christian,Licensing depends on you, if you want to do classroom study/class or on your own at home.I did ACRE school, pounded out the classes on my own at home in 2 weeks and that worked for me and my schedule.Somewhere like Kaplan or Jones schools have more traditional classroom setting, if you are into that.Part time/investor brokerages, the best 2 are:Modern Real estate: $20/ month, $300 per transaction, no real support, education, etc.

The people I listen to in finance suggest that the dollar will still increase in value, and as the AED is tied to the dollar, you will enjoy an upswing if you get in now, but if you are not ready to move quickly and the dollar increase in value before you buy, you only stand to lose in the currency, (as im expecting you are buying in pounds).I have lived in Dubai for almost 4 years now, and I invest in Norway.

R22 is anywhere from $85-200 per pound. 410a Is much less about $40-50 lb.  

This is one of them.If you decide to replace the siding, I would do, and have done, 30 pound felt paper wrap covered with 3/4 inch foam sheathing (joints sealed with Tyvek tape) and hardi plank lap siding.