If you go to a jewelry store and look at diamond rings, the sales folks will say things like "its an investment".

Justin Lallatin I happen to think based on the homes you want, Lallatin Luxury Homes has a nice ring to it.

You just missed a chance this past Tuesday to meet a good group of investors who meet monthly in a REIA group called "The RING" that you can find on meetup.com. 

Phone is ringing off the hook (that's ok, creating buyers list) and because of the wasted time with the two early prospects, I bit on the first person who wanted to sign a contract and deposit money.

too often I hear mailouts don't make the phone ring and people give up. 

The highs and the lows.When you get a deal, your calling your escrow company and while the phone is ringing your jumping up and down in your office (or for me my family room next to my Chihuahua) doing the moon walk.

For rentals your money will go twice as far in the more typical rental areas, and I'm not talking about ghetto neighborhoods, just decent first ring suburban neighborhoods that are more rental oriented.

If the neighborhood is good and I don't see anything too scary from the street (house isn't leaning, neighbors aren't running a dog fighting ring or meth lab) I'll schedule a walkthrough with my realtor.

While other investment are just on the paper (maybe except one or two, for instance, gold ring, bling bling though)

The old adage you get what you pay for I think definitely rings true in PM.