Brokers' poor reputation has caused many brokers to rebrand themselves as “Commercial Real Estate Advisors” or “Real Estate Consultants.”This is similar to the Wealth Management and insurance industries, where commissioned salespeople pretend to be professionals who always keep the client’s best interests in mind.

With home prices hitting all time highs, I was wondering what experienced real estate professionals' perspective on the Silicon Valley market was?

There are investor-focused agents and other professionals that can help. 

In other words, all industry related professionals would be good deal sourcing points. 

Hi, we are the professional property management in Worcester county with the competitive fee.

Rental investing has progressively become a professional play leaving small guys with no real advantage until we get to a scale.

I agree - starting a 506(c) where your dealing with accredited investors and can market is the way to go. 

There are special rules if you qualify as a real estate professional, your losses are not capped.

There are several professionals here on BP who can help you with the IRA LLC structure, including myself and Brian, do your due diligence.

The professional tenants share this kind of info in some circles, and all they have to do is call with the suspicion that their usage is less than their bill, and they utility will send a tech to inspect all circuits.