I know I still have a lot to learn and that is why I'm excited to be a part of BP and to continue to learn and grow from this forum as well as my own trials in the real world.I think there are a lot of good take aways and points from me to learn from in each post and I'm excited to continue diving deeper into BP and to continue to take a bit away from everything I learn and formulate my own beliefs and plans.

A Realtor has a set a guidlelines that they must stay within, Some call it ethical believes I consider there beliefs of ethics to be a lack of lateraul thinking skills which limits them to a commission(but not denying there are legal guidelines).

My core belief - make sure you have cash flow.

I just ripped out a 32 month old carpet that was trashed beyond belief, for example (lesson - no carpet in rentals.)

The religious order pays the rent and the process of paying it is a pain, but it's not a money issue, it's their internal procedures.

But it did go against my belief system of borrowing as little as possible at the time.I guess my point is that there are appropriate times for an agent to make recommendations that indeed increase your mortgage payment if you benefit in some other way.

"the cutting edge real estate online marketing strategies"Darn, I miss the old trailing edge strategies.Sorry, unless you're at a global scale, SEOs (even if you pay religiously) aren't much of a high-quality traffic generator. 

I've pretty much been a bi-stander up to this point, meaning I don't post topics or comment very often but I do religiously read articles and listen to pod casts on a daily basis and have for quite some time now.My dilemma is this...

I would be happy to share my thoughts and beliefs on what I think the Houston market will be doing.

Look at your search term report religiously, daily, and add negative keywords that don't convert.