I don't normally spend much time on the forums.

I didn't spend more than about 4 hours a day working on it, but still, I roofed and replaced all the siding, HARD work, as well as a lot of other c**p.

If you lose a $30,000 deal because someone hung up on your voicemail, wouldn't you rather spend that 100 bucks?

This is not to imply the agent is up to anything shady, but it never hurts to spend a few $$ now to avoid serious problems later.

Granted people will probably take fewer, shorter vacations this year, but it seems that a lot of the adjustment to high gas prices has taken place in our WORKING LIFE, as gas consumption has been DROPPING all year.Besides, just how much are the people who spend $200K on a motor home affected by high gas prices?

I read the lefties and the righties, and have a few international faves - especially thetimes.co.uk[b]What other non-real estate related places does everyone spend their time at?

I will work a million hours a week on real estate, however I won't spend 10 minutes at a gym.

It seems that most success stories I've read have been spending years building equity/collateral in smaller properties to finally dive into larger ventures.Like stated I have much time to really think this through and research a good game plan but I'm always interested to hear what the experts would suggest of course :lol:

I'm willing to supervise workers but I would rather spend my time trying to find my next (great) deal in order to keep the ball rolling in an efficient (and profitable) manner.

Operating expenses (what you spend on the business), interest, and depreciation.