You, as a client, may spend a few hours with them looking at houses & writing contracts.

2 % isn't keeping up w/inflation)IRA's..3.5% STILL < REAL inflation #'s(I don't need Greenspan 2 tell me stuff is costing more...I SPEND that $$ he's talking about)Keough accounts, same as IRA's401K's a hair better, & w/matching employer funds, pretty decent...maybe 7%Stock Market....sky's the limit, right?

Re-Fi in 3 months or sell, loans w/balloons due in 1-5 years 95% of the people out there trying to buy/rehab/flip properties are unaware of the programs I & about 5% of the rest of the brokers out there nationwide are "specializing" in; other brokers make a fortune bringing their clients 2 us, both getting a "fee", I spend most of my time preparing the package for the private lender so that he/she/they know exactly that the loan is a GREAT opportunity; the borrower already knows this or we wouldn't have met.Hoping this helps?

Just kidding, the price of eveything else has went up and we always come up with more creative ways to spend money on advertising.

Jeffrey, have you looked into the HUD Neighborhood Stabilization Program as Milwaukee is spending the money?

I guess if your appliance goes haywire, it may be worth it, but it seems like you spend more overall with a warranty.

3.Choosing the wrong markets and neighborhoods to start investing in.You want to spend all that time birddogging deals and putting them together for only marginal returns.

We set up a camera at our neighbors apt across the way and let it roll and caught the cleaning lady spending time smoking and talking on the phone.

I'll definatelly go to Las Vegas, but after i make my fisrt billion :mrgreen: cauze i should have something to spend there :lol:

Maybe that's true, but the state won't spend to money to upgrade unless a lot of people are using it, unlike now.