I've spent the last 15+ years in the corporate world, specifically selling large medical capital equipment, start-ups and new product launches.

Compare that with the years it takes to become a lawyer or doctor, or even an accountant, and you'll begin to see why people tend to look down their noses on real estate agents.Either you'll be among those who will work to change the image of the industry or you'll shrug it off with a simple, "Why bother".

She also would not be able to pay for food, clothing, transportation, medical, recreation, childcare needs, etc.Instead of considering only the tenant's portion, I would prefer to keep my income requirements the same for all tenants, regardless of their source of income.

I have been a number one medical device sales rep for over 10 years with multiple President's Club wins and would like to duplicate that success in real estate investing.

My husband got into Harvard Medical for residency.

It took the seller over 2 weeks to respond to our short sale offer this summer - he was living in a different state and dealing with medical issues, hence the short sale.

Also, although I do not have much of an income now, I will be finishing my medical residency in less than a year and my income will increase substantially.

He's thinking strongly about EMT to Paramedic to Doctors without Borders.There's a lot of different aspects to this question and different answers for each individual.  

I focus on destination type tenants such as barber shops, vet places, regular doctors office, emergency clinics, restaurants, karate schools, fitness centers, environmentally friendly dry cleaners, etc.These are places people HAVE to go to do business.

You can take a look around many areas of Memphis: downtown, uptown, midtown, soulsville, binghampton, the medical corridor and most notably Beale street.