Esentially it boils down to evalutating what is truely important to you, then being open to alternatives to the "traditional american consumption based lifestyle".

I hail from Alief and Sugar Land.

@Dawn Anastasi yes the couple provided their midwest landlord who I called and got a raving review but it's a private owner so who knows, in retrospect.And they indicated they were staying at Extended Stay America Pasadena since they flew into CA, which struck a chord with me as months ago when I relocated from NYC, I also stayed in Extended Stay America but the one right near Long Beach Airport, until I closed on this house. in retrospect, i realize when i advertised for a housemate on CList months ago, i had initially indicated i stayed at Extended Stay America and had just closed on my home and was looking for a housemate (and found a great one just weeks ago, who is also from NYC but now works for Los Angeles Fire Department and Los Angeles Police Department thru a government contractor. would not put it past these characters to have actually stalked my CList posts and gathered info to use to sugar-coat their story. anyways i dont wanna get my housemate involved as he's new but at least he has connections as far as some of his clients, if it comes to that for whatever it might be worth if things escalate and/or become violent. i'm a very diplomatic person, not sure if that helps in this sutation though =/they offered to pay more rent ($300 more per month) and of course i said no, you need to work on finding a new place better and fast before time runs out for your situation. and in reply they (well the father, he does most the yapping) just asked me to install area rugs which they initially agreed to install in the first place even before 3 kids magically appeared in the picture and now are claiming the rugs will help deaden the sound but that I have to furnish them. guess there's suddenly a few screws coming lose as the act is finally falling to pieces. i mean who in their right mind is going to cater to their 'needs' after being lied to and my signature forged (God knows where else?!).

Here is what he says:"" i got permission to use the restroom , but after restroom i went to my locker to get a sip of my Gatorade as my sugar lever and blood pressure usually drops when under exam pressure.Apparently its against the rules to go to the locker during restroom allowance.This rule apparently was mentioned when u login to the exam and i accepted the rules to be able to start the test.

Any recommendations for the proverbial investor friendly real estate agent in the SW Houston, Sugar Land, Richmond, Rosenberg area?

Two plusses are lower energy consumption and less frequent replacement of bulbs due to longer life; the minus is the higher cost of these bulbs.

It also is a pain for move ins and move outs as the old tenant still needs to be tracked and the new tenant needs to take their unit number.I use Sage for the accounting, RediDraft for document creation, and a customized version of SugarCRM to manage the properties, tenants, leases, maintenance... in other words, everything from an operational perspective.As far as cost, I paid to have Sugar setup and customized and other than the monthly hosting costs I just use the guy who set it up on a time and materials basis for any heavy administration.

I live in Sugar Land and I would like to meet some potential investors and realtors that work the area.

@Kevin Page  is absolutely right.Story for your consumption: Local cafe owner that I know personally had an Iraq vet come in with his 'service dog' (I'm also a vet so I have absolutely no resentment toward him for this...generally I would be bias toward his point of view).

If you are considering real estate investment, then you may want to consider looking at other parts of the country as well.I view 'where you live' as a consumption activity.