The big brokerages are usually good about that, however they will typically take a larger percentage of commission than theIr smaller counterparts.

I guess we have two things in common, NJ natives and ACC conference counterparts (Go Hokies!).

We won't have a conservative/reactionary national administration forever, and the Congressional election results (in particular, having Maxine Waters as the incoming chair of the House subcommittee that deals with housing matters, Jack Reed or Chuck Schemer as her Senate counterpart) are a hopeful sign.

But even this is subjective, since nicely remodeled will have a premium to dated, but an unusable, large home will sell at a discount when viewed as per sq ft value.For a comparable finish quality, on equally desirable street in same neighborhood, we have sold properties almost exactly at the same per sq ft price as smaller properties, but they were equally usable as their smaller counterparts, i.e. 2,900 sq ft 4 bed 3.5 bath versus a 1,900 sq ft renovated house 3 bed 2.5 bath

Lenders very much like to see W-2 income (which can be ironic, since business owners can often make much more than their W-2 counterparts).

Agreed.The 401k, and it's nonprofit counterpart 403b and their non-employer based friend IRA, are excellent tools for a host of reasons.

I was so excited about this concept when I first arrived to BP but alas I've come to realize it's probably not feasible due to all the factors Roy mentioned, plus the fact that we just have a much smaller and therefore tighter market than our US counterparts.

You can still definitely cashflow on properties in Canada, however your cash-on-cash return often won't be as good as our American counterparts because you'll be getting less rental income in return compared to what you put down on the property. 

I am going to say...all of you severely miss the point of what school really is about.What you are saying may be valid, but it depends on what you want to learn, and more importantly, where you want to apply that what you have learned.Sure you can always find a counterpart to everything.If you wanted to be a NASA robotics scientist.. let's say.

@Dawn Brenengen Be a good neighbor and try and talk some sense to your counter part here.