Then you don't have to give up control and get all the benefits to being a local hands on RE investor, of which there are MANY.Buy a REIT or basket of them.

Remember the bank has more money at stake then you do, they won't let you spend their money on a total dawg.Ability to use OPM to spread out your risk through multiple investments as opposed putting all of your eggs in one basket.

You just shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket ans should diversify your web presence.However, I did setup my own website and booking engine to supplement the other booking channels.

But wouldn't it give a little legitimacy (or the opposite) to get to see the fruits from the application of that philosophy in the posters lives? 

The above advice is positive and constructive.Also, this ain't HGTV.The market is hot right now, all of the low hanging fruit is being picked by everyone.

I'm into health and wellness so I send my attorney, his assistant and folks in the city halls where I do business fruit arrangements via EdibleArrangements.com - They love it and it keeps the pounds off :)

This is sooo in the too hard basket for me, anyone who would like to take a look, to maybe buy, here it is.

Unless you create a new fruit, giving a new word for an apple doesn't change what an apple is.

My opinion is that everybody has to have a place to live, and I'll be happy to take some low hanging fruit that somebody else doesn't want assuming I get good tenants.

This way you get the money you want and the back end is a bonus if it happens and it not you don't care.It's when the developers get the land owners to buy deep into a project where you have all your eggs in one basket for one payoff where things go south.