You can read all the books you want, but until you have experienced a rough turnover, a vacancy, slow/no pays etc personally, you won't be able to truly identify with how deeply we are affected by these issues.  

When they say "We are thinking about listing next year" I want to have proof that I can get the message about their home out in ways other local realtors will not.Trackable links (see underlined) thanks to bittly can help you test the effectiveness of on ad against another...As the days get cold the real estate market slows down...

We have found slow and steady has made us very successful.

These will help with the slow leaks that a tenant might not notice right away but will hear the alarm. 

when the Yen is strong they come in the loads, but when the Yen is weak like the trend that it is in now, they start slowing down a lot and this will lead to more vacancies or price adjustments.

After listening to a couple dozen of them the key to success is finding a deal first and don't let the details slow you down.

I have been investing in real estate bit slow but this year looking to expand rapidly. 

Part of my thought is that it gives me options of mixing non-taxable ROTH withdrawals with either current income or withdrawals from Traditional IRAs to manage staying within a particular tax bracket come retirement time. 

It's 'partly' characterized by the media's new coverage of a hot real estate market (they were just saying 6 months ago about how the market was still slow), employment going up, competition fr properties becoming fierce, out of state investors coming in, etc.Are these the characteristics of 'Concentration' Dale Osborn ?

I have my lender lying to me and passing the blame onto the title company for the slow moving, and when I check with the title company and realize that's not what they said, I call the bank out and they change their story.