If you think you will find cultural diversity and food etc of the kind you have in Vancouver anywhere outside the major coastal cities you will be sorely disappointed.

If management knows you can drop in at any time, they'll be a bit more on their toes. 

I have seen things that would make your toes curl, and in those areas it was just a normal happening. 

I've been sore all day...

It doesn't exist.It's a shark tank out there and there's a reason that almost 90% of new agents are toes up in the parking lot within their first 5 years in the business.So as you go into this business, go in with your eyes wide open. 

Whether you call them or write them, it's just a substitute for one person talking directly to another, nose-to-nose, toes-to-toes.If you pursue them by calling, you ought to have a pretty good idea what you need to know and how to direct the conversation.If you do not know what to say yet, then you know that you are not ready to make a call or receive a call. 

I am also from Vancouver, and also a newbie just barely dipping my toe into the ocean of REI education.

I won't step on any toes, but just like to help!

Property owners have simply thrown up their hands and walked away and now you have a decreased supply of rentals and an increase in blighted and abandoned properties that are turning into eye sores and problems.

I have been a lurker on this page, as well as other REI pages for a while, but now that I don't have the financial liability of college over my head I'm hoping to start dipping my toes into REI.