I'm a little biased as a franchisee myself, but as I was reading the posts here I figured I'd throw it out.

What is confirmation bias?  

Having lived in this area for over 25 years, I may be a bit bias. 

The part that bothers me is people discouraging others to investigate and look into whole life insurance - or any financial product - when perhaps they don't fully understand it, haven't used it or have biases against it. 

I am biased, but Florida IS the place to invest.

Again, it will be your best guess but it is better than going blind into having one site that me be "bias" to the comp.  

I might be biased though because I have an accounting degree :)  I'll talk from experience though, I think an accounting degree is great for REI for two reasons.. 1.

What this means is that an amateur or biased party can give you their opinion with a straight face and be completely convinced of what they think (or hope) is true. 

We're talking Plaistow, Atkinson, Hampstead (I'm biased but its the greatest town ever) Derry, Londonderry, Nashua, Merrimack and Hudson.  

I'm naturally biased towards turnkey investing for folks who need to go OOS, but it's definitely not the passive, no-homework investment some people imply.Whether you’re investing out of state or one street over, the number one priority is data - statistical data- on vacancies, maintenance costs, average length of stay, eviction rates and average move out costs, the list goes on. don’t put your money into a new market without getting a firm handle on the data first.