also innate god given talent  in a combination of personality/ not being shy/ smart/ articulate driven..

The point is, there's a smart way to use credit and a foolish way to use credit.

Bottom line though, if you buy here to flip, make sure you buy smart and know the area (or someone who does) because the values and desirability out here, while tall interconnected, are extremely different and nuanced.

If you hear hoofs coming...it's likely not zebras...hopefully your magistrate is smart enough to see right through it.

If your investor is buying for 40k and selling for 100k then a new agent is likely on a 50/50 split with their brokerage.40,000 sales price times .03 commission percent = 1,200 commission / 2 (half to brokerage) = 600 bucks before taxes and business expenses to the agent.A smart agent if they agreed to work on finding such properties would get the buyer to sign a contract to pay a MINIMUM COMMISSION amount per deal regardless of purchase price.

Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income tweeted us to share  this video . 

Given the above facts I think the smart money lies in a sale but you’ll have to move quickly.

It doesn't seem like a smart idea to put your brokers name and number on a direct mail piece for that reason.  

If I go with meters I’ll do the smart meters that detect leaks and the company will do all the reading and billing back. 

I think it is very smart to keep clear of just reading off a straight script.