All the bestThanks Brian,I am and always have been very fast paced and Go Go Go.It definitely helped me to get to the level we are at now but I made a transition with myself not too long ago.Had a great wake up call by someone who is buddies with Richard Branson and Gary Vaynerchuk.It was a very simple question he asked as I was stressing to him about how I want to dominate the world in businessHe asked me" What do you really want?".

I few months later it was back on the market and I told my real estate buddy to make an offer.

For Toilets - a good house brand is Pro Flow - Ferguson Enterprises sells them - they are probably one of the larger plumbing supply houses/chains in the US - they are primarily wholesale however have a retail side at their locations as well.My buddy is taking over his dads plumbing business (primarily new construction) and that is their standard builder grade toilet - they typically only work on high end houses and that's all they use with no problems unless someone wants an upgrade.  

As to your cost of living concerns; I've made more in wholesale fees on a single house here than my buddy in Jackson pays for houses, so all things are relative.

I'm assuming 4.5% commission ad a buddy of mine will list for 1.5% and buying agent gets 3%.

I am not trying to revive this thread but I wanted to share a story.I was helping a buddy get into investing.

Rented the spare rooms out to buddies while we were still living there.

Yes you heard me $500k that he split with his buddy who brought the buyer.

Good luck buddy

Best of luck buddy.