Comparing those types of properties with residential is comparing apples to oranges.C'mon, the newbies that you market properties to might believe that, but I certainly don't.

Talking the original Apple?

I think Tim is comparing apples to oranges.An e-mail list is more than likely garnered by culling the e-mails you have, meeting people and exchanging business cards, and what you get on your own website.

It seem that there are more and more people coming down from the big apple all the time.

Worked in Corporate America for companies including, Apple, IBM, Intel, Fidelity Investments, DST Systems and several others.

They stay on top of the market, they are constantly educating themselves by taking classes, reading books, attending seminars and they are open to all sorts of creative deals.Are there some bad apples out there?

However, I usually analyze all deals with a 30 year term so that I'm comparing apples to apples.

My feeling is that apts are easier to track and compare, like apples vs apples.

So if you get a bad apple that rents the property on a short term lease, and they suddenly decide they really like not paying market value for their rent.

They have become more and more scrutinized (a few bad apples) by the Boise City Council and so design and implementation has narrowed margins.