(Not that I haven't learned a ton from Bigger Pockets.)Real estate is a finance and leverage game and finance people don't sleep enough haha..I absolutely discount the fluffy cartoon-like messages you get through so many channels these days.

I just don't want to do that for anybody else.On a final note, both of my parents decided to jump into the workforce rather than college after high school.

It's a fine balancing act between logic and emotion.

The biggest lesson from Japan is not to fall into the same state of denial that existed here," said Yukio Noguchi, a finance professor at Waseda University in Tokyo who is perhaps the leading authority on the Japanese bubble."

As a final aside, I believe it is time I buy you lunch or drinks. 

and ethics.there is a broker here in Oregon going to get in a lot of hot water for this right now.. depends on how your state views the marketing of a property you don't own.. when your not licensed.. which in our state is a clear violation and you will get a fine and a cease and desist.. and a broker who is aiding and abeting could easily lose their license..

I also just posted a "finalized" bill snippet apparently they made a change to the bill from the version I was reading.Thanks again.

Depends what the job pays, you might talk to a lender about DTI ratios before you make a final decision. 

There is nothing requiring an agent to even perform a final walk through.

Not following theses emergency laws is in violation of California Government Code 8665:Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or who refuses or willfully neglects to obey any lawful order or regulation promulgated or issued as provided in this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.So by you choosing to live in the state of California and being the law abiding citizen that you areI would think you would agree that not complying with personal restriction at this time is both irresponsible and illegaland that not complying will be outside the confines of the law.