Mike Please read the books, because the points raised here are fiction in relation to the Fair Tax.

I'm a senior manager at a healthcare IT services company just outside of Boston, Ma (Computer Science, Math, Informatics, Nerd).

During my down time I love to draw and read books, particularly non-fiction.

These last two posts clearly show the differences in how we think, and which one of us has a Bachelor of Science and which one has a Bachelor of Arts. 

I wish there was a science to vetting buyers, but only flags that can be used as cues when someones wasting their time.If I were buying something out of state and needed to find an agent, here's what I'd look for.

This is not rocket science and it is the closest thing I've ever seen to printing money.

A website won't do anything unless you mastered credibility.You need a credible website.Credibility is an art and a science!

Then look at your time horizon for wanting out of a 2-4 unit and multiply... i.e. it's $1000/month to rent a place, or it's $500/month after you rent out the other units and you really want to be out of the 2-4 unit neighborhood in 3 years... 3 years (your time horizon) * $500 (the difference in renting vs owning) * 12 (since it's monthly) = $18,000... that means it's $18k better to buy the place.The numbers are all fictional, but the process is not.

I’m still learning the area and rental properties, but have a math, computer science, and economics background.

I know that won't change in my lifetime, but I am going to live to be 300 years old, either through science, or through legacy.