For example in greater Seattle near the Microsoft campus, its surrounded by bi levels and people pay well over $700k for them.  

Are there any addons or macros you use.What specific type of task is useful and saves you time.Spreadsheets: Google spreadsheets or Microsoft excelIf you had a magic wand what specific workflow do you want to be automated?

No such issues with the online version.Intuit is phasing out desktop products, just like Microsoft and all other major software vendors.

I also listen/buy some books in between the podcasts and YouTube videos, but books add up in cost before you know it.I'm also putting together all of the due diligence checklists/paperwork/team members/Microsoft project schedule, for each style house and customizing to the specifics like level of rehab or a 3 and 2 or 3 and 1 etc.

Need: Showroom, Large warehouse space (zoned I3 or industrial), possibly site selection person to help with thisBackground: Amazon just moved in for HQ2, Microsoft is adding 1500 jobs, NOVA is steadily increasing in population and density.  

Microsoft has years and years of revenue and earnings to back up the business. 

If I had stock in Microsoft would you say I own Microsoft? 

It’s the same story with many other wildly successful college dropouts: Steve Jobs made critical connections before dropping out of Reed, Bill Gates credits a few key connections he made at Harvard to his success starting Microsoft after dropping out.

In my opinion, for one the companies that make the largest percentage of the stock market (Apple, Microsoft, Amazon etc) are currently thriving and this will continue.I know a lot of people lost a lot of money in 08-09 but that is likely because they were speculating or sold when they should have held.To counter your points I know investors who rode that recession through and lost zero money.

As of now, we use Microsoft SharePoint for documenting, so obviously, our first thought will go behind SharePoint customer support apps.