Sales organizations must become more consultative or run the risk of becoming obsolete.All successful organizations, from a one man shop to a multi-billion dollar corporation, are built around systems (accounting, operations, etc.).To be successful, a company should also have an effective system for prospecting and sales.

It's nice because it's a solid double entry accounting system with automatic billion options, but it is week with customer access and collaboration.  

Today banks are giant machines that bundle and sell billions of dollars worth of collateralized mortgages on the secondary market to hedge funds and institutional investors.

Top tier investors talk about billions of dollars over breakfast.The big differences in the various facets of RE is in my opinion:Agent, wholesaler - jobs.Flipper, L/O wrapper - small business ownerBuy and hold, notes - investor.Have a quick google for Kiyosaki's "cashflow quadrants".

I suspect 500 to 1 billion AU dollars lost .and that could be conservative.. they just did not understand and know what they did not know about tenant quality and sustainability on a cash flow level

Even a six figure loss doesn't register a blimp with a bank that has billions or even trillions in assets.

Their are billions of houses and residents.  

As you now have to pay labor to yank up tack strips, and a billion staples.

I have a family office client that owns over 1 billion in multifamily but all class A stuff.

Walmart does not make it's 485 billion per year from one or two customers, it makes it at a few dollars at a time.