It is easy for the property manager, it protects the furnace and reduces maintenance costs, and it simplifies replacement for the tenant so they can fulfill their responsibility.

Also, if you happen to have passed the CA state bar, you can also sit for the broker's exam without any other requirements being met.Should you fulfill those requirements somehow, then yes, you too can be a fully licensed real estate broker.

Having gotten my MBA to help fulfill this passion, as well as read article after article and attended webinars here on BP, I've got my primary goal pretty solidified and hope that the BP community will help get me there:What:  60 buy-and-hold rental units (more in the future, hopefully!)

Currently about to fulfill the requirements for my bachelors of science degree from Montclair State University.

If your current agent is not able to fulfill your needs, you should have no trouble finding another local agent that would work very hard for you. 

I fulfill the agreement regardless.

The refinery said they would pay any mitigation necessary and over the last 20 years has fulfilled that promise.What are the pros and cons of purchasing a rental property near said refinery, especially knowing that some residents 20 years ago had complained about oily smells in their basements (although you have no first-hand knowledge of the smells).Is that enough to hold you back from purchasing a property or is it just par for the course with buying near industrial areas?

He did not make an effort to fulfill his obligation. 

In my opinion it should be legal and binding in it's wording, have an expiration date or a date on which I am to fulfill my obligation to purchase the property.

And since the seller pays my commission, people get an amazing deal and I find myself very fulfilled with helping people find their own slice of financial freedom.