Wondering if this is common among all companies or just mine and if I should jump ship * main office is a mess, boxes and papers everywhere, tables stacked high with papers etc, a tile is missing in the ceiling * it’s section 42 with lots of compliance, no one knows where anyone’s file is, a residents file might be at a different property and no one knows, etc, at the property they put me at they are behind by 40 recertifications and it’s my job to catch up until they hire someone * property managers work offsite at the main office, making it challenging to meet with tenants (fortunately I am onsite)* no one has given me much direction/training on how to do the section 42 recertifications so I’m winging it.

Basically, my wife and I find ourselves in the fortunate position to not have to rely on my income right now.  

We were fortunate that a realtor was flipping a house right next door to us and asking about $10,000 more for his house than we intended to ask for this flip, Our original plan was to offer the house at $168,000 knowing that it would probably sell pretty quickly.

We were fortunate that a realtor was flipping a house right next door to us and asking about $10,000 more for his house than we intended to ask for this flip, Our original plan was to offer the house at $168,000 knowing that it would probably sell pretty quickly.

We are fortunate.

Fortunately, I own shares of Microsoft (the parent company of MSN), which is a Dividend Achiever.The media was saying the same thing about the Boomers in the 1970s as they are saying about the Millennials today.

I was fortunate enough to co-sponsor a syndication together with a guy I consider the smartest, savviest and most ethical operator in the country.

The concept of "giving back" as, at the very least, a balm against the potential ethical wounds inflicted while making the money is one I've struggled with over the years, well outside the confines of just real estate.There is a long history of the wealthy donating substantial sums (in absolute terms, if not percentage) to help the less fortunate. 

@Nancy Bachety Your daughter is very fortunate to have a mother who already has skin in the game of Real Estate.

I grew up in the Los Angeles, where immigrant real estate entrepreneurs have made fortunes, especially in Class B and C multifamily, and mid sized hotels.