However, if the answer is "no" to these questions, then expanding your search area is a smart idea.  

Just not that smart. 

@Patrick Henshaw,While I can't speak to the legalities, I can speak to the design / engineering issues.Yes - if the expansion device is capillary tube, overcharging is detrimental to performance.

I need my husband to come home, recuperate from unrewarding employment, we need to be able to support our kids and ourselves and my dad (somewhat, he's got some pension), and we need to be smart and prepared.My sense tells me that my area is not necessarily a great place to start, so I'm looking at markets outside CA, but I'm going to use my town as a case study so I can become familiar with all the macro/micro analyses and learn how to communicate with the professionals in this area. 

But you the smart LL works around that, so a vacant unit rents for an artificially high rent due to market inefficiency.

Hello, I am fairly new to BP and i was wondering if it is smart to take out a Mortgage Loan against my condo and use that money to buy a triplex or fourplex in Texas?

Conversely, people dialing your three different numbers will always reach you on the one device you choose to install your Google Voice number on which would be your mobile phone.If you prefer to keep your actual native mobile phone number issued by your carrier private, Google Voice is a great option.

Michael your asking the right questions and its smart of you to approach your relationship with a broker pragmatically.

What device are you using?

Smart for them for using automated systems, but aggravating for the person who gets all the messages.Any time an ad goes up for a property in an area they're buying in, an automated text, e-mail, or robo-call comes to me.