However there is a culture that exists within our industry that is predicated on the path of least resistance in order to get a commission from a new investor trying to get into their first property. 

i am also a realtor with Keller Williams, also just PT - but i love KW and the culture.

A local issue we lookout for here on the MS coast is Chinese drywall.

Training, money (split), Atmosphere /culture,  micromanagement?

Because the highest ROI is about 1000 miles away from me where I own a number of properties that make a ton of moneyI tend to buy in the Southern half of the US for 3 reasons:1) you get much higher year-round occupancy rates in the South & it’s simply tough to earn a good ROI in the North if your place sits vacant for a big chunk of the year2) Culturally, the Southern half of the US seems to be a lot more accepting of STRs regulation-wise.

A culture of house-flipping, "liar loans," and easy money ran deep through the post-2000 culture.MYTH #2: Glass-Steagall Would Have Prevented the MeltdownMYTH #3: The Transactions Were Too Complicated For People to UnderstandThe bottom line is this:We ALL created the housing mess as a society - you, me, Wall Street, and the pandering financial dilettantes we voted into office.

It's an interesting place, known for its hippie culture and eclectic residents.

There would need to be some compelling tax reason to shift $500k in debt over to higher interest rate loans, I think.Other than that, there are some philosophical/cultural/preferential reasons why some people just want their primary residence paid off.

I remember seeing the Chinese real estate market booming when I was attending college and working in Shanghai in early 2000.

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