Its easier to trust a Guru who preaches great returns than to buy something that doesn't have as good returns in your backyard. many people will follow where they are told the easiest way to make money is its human nature.

Answering these questions thoroughly allows you to optimize your communication because, rather than casting a broad net and hoping something sticks (which is more or less the case with the method you were asking about), you target segments that have a natural affinity for your business.

From my observations most investors are better off going through a more natural progression of growth.

We don't get many natural disasters of this caliber so I'm not sure what to expect for the future.

In any case there is no taxable event yet.As far as your brother is concerned, it again depends on the nature of the transaction. 

(a) A person may acquire an option or an interest in a contract to purchase real property and then sell or offer to sell the option or assign or offer to assign the contract without holding a license issued under this chapter if the person:(1)does not use the option or contract to purchase to engage in real estate brokerage; and(2)discloses the nature of the equitable interest to any potential buyer.

It’s designed to capture all relevant details, including hours worked, descriptions of tasks, and the specific nature of the involvement.

You are going to have to send anywhere between 3000 to 5000 mailers to start to see a better probability to get a deal.That is simply the nature of the beast.Now as a reference.

Most building codes by nature will not approve a home that small, most have minimum square foot requirements.

At same time there operations costs are also expanding due to wage inflation naturally fallowing the "everything inflation" so yeah....