but for me I kind of dig it... autopilot in the airplane can be less forgiving flying you into a rock at 200 knots.. or you sit there and look at it and say what the heck is this thing doing.. and why is it doing that.. the car autopilots are much less complicated . and they will come to a stop... of course airliners have auto land and auto brake etc.. but you know you have to spend a few million for those features :)

Private Lending can be an interesting way to make a good return on your money for short term loans - and you'll generally have a 1st position lien on the property so if they skipped town, moved to Vegas, and became poker players - you'd get the house.

Recent data has shown that nationwide farmland price appreciation is in the single digits in some areas and down slightly in others.

The listings that used digital SLR cameras also commanded a 47 percent higher asking price per square foot, according to the Redfin analysis.Check out the study here: http://www.redfin.com/research/reports/special-reports/2010/a_picture_is_worth_a_thousand_dollars_true_or_false.html#.U1gDV_ldVGw

I have used Cozy for several properties, and I would say that moving forward my process would be a combination of:Pre-screening questions before showing the property (this helps save us both time)Show the property, and then if potential tenant is interested enough in applying:Cozy Application and supplemental application (either paper or digital, if you can create one using, Google Form, TypeForm, JotForm, etc.).

I will be the 1st one to tell you I am not living off of the money I make from the cash flow on my personal rental portfolio (200+ rentals) I am living off of the money that is generated from the $50M+ in annual volume of our Sales, Property Management, Insurance, Title & Digital Media businesses.

I could dig it up, but I read somewhere today that certain states restrict what the security deposit can be used for re: pet damages if a pet fee is also assessed.

I am planning to purchase out of state. I have a buyer's agent right now that I am communicating with. Can/should I tell my buyer's agent to show me homes electronically (i.e. via Skype or phone video cam)? Do you thi...

On the structuring side, I once wrote a whitepaper about how folks tend to structure distributions and fees--I dont think its on my website anymore but if you email/message me, I can try to dig it up for you.

As a Chase customer I receive the rent as soon as they submit the transfer (as long as they are using banks in the same network like Wells Fargo, US Bank, Chase itself etc )and no fees involved. https://www.chase.com/online/digital/quickpay.html