OK - so I'm going to answer your question on the basis of one big fat assumption:You wish to give yourself the best possible chance at earning the best possible ROI that you can work out with reasonable assumptions about rents/cashflow/appreciation. 

Commissions are not set, if you and an agent agree on a fat commission (7% vs 5%) on a good deal there is nothing improper about that.

Once I went into bankruptcy to retain our house, I was amazed to find that the one thing I could not liquidate was my timeshare: a luxury item which should be the first thing to go. It's almost as if we're expected to...

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Over the past several years I had learned a ton of usable nutritional information from books like "Wheat Belly" and "Grain Bran" to vastly improve my health, clear up some previous dietary related medical conditions, and shave my body fat down to around 12%.

If investing in notes requires me to trust a counterparty looking for fat fees in places I don't live, and it requires a TON of effort on my part....why not just invest in my home market.  

pigs get fat hogs get slaughtered type stuff.

You could hire the best coach in the world, but if you slack off, you'll still wind up fat and losing the game.  

He's a great CPA, I've been chewing accounting fat with him for some time now.

Any professional Appraisers here that I could chew the fat with?