It is a distant 3rd to appreciation and tax benefits in creating wealth imo.

Maybe we should be protesting the election of Obama or the magical votes now appearing in the MN Senate race.BTW, this whole mess exists because government stuck its nose into the issue of marriage so they could tax it through licenses and then give tax benefits in the interest of promoting "family".This is all just so silly.

The E&O Can be a benefit or a curse, just depending on how your carrier is.

We need to understand the customer benefits in the way the consumer sees them.So what are you selling, really?

To gain the CFP (TM) designation, you have to study and pass 5 courses-Insurance/financial planning, Investments, Taxes, Estate Planning, Retirement planning/employee benefits which takes at least a year to do.

Consumer and installment debt would not be helped in inflation much, while real estate debt would benefit greatly, just as it did in 70's for me.

Become really good at some service that might be of benefit to people and use what you got to get what you want.

The other benefit of course is having a vacancy makes you only 50% vacant, rather than 100%.The downside is that you eliminate most retail end buyers, as your buyers market will mostly be comprised of investors.

This can be to your benefit when starting out.

Less tax benefit and quicker principal reduction at 2%.