App...In all criminal cases, contempt cases, and other cases filed pursuant to this chapter, if a party has sold, leased, or let real estate, the title to which was not in the party when it was offered for sale, lease, or letting, or such party has maintained an office bearing signs that real estate is for sale, lease, or rental thereat, or has advertised real estate for sale, lease, or rental, generally, or describing property, the title to which was not in such party at the time, it shall be a presumption that such party was acting or attempting to act as a real estate broker, and the burden of proof shall be upon him or her to show that he or she was not acting or attempting to act as a broker or sales associate.

I would advise to grin and bear it.Just work in the costs of using licensed contractors into your financial models.

Are all the houses built up on stilts to prevent curious polar bear inspections? 

I am having a bear of a time finding someone… I have called three companies and not one of them have called me back!!

Think about it this way- if you went outside at noon without a shirt, your head and shoulders bear the brunt of the sunlight if you're standing up(they're perpendicular to the sun when it's directly overhead,) but your torso bears the brunt if you're lying down.

The mental health community will bear the burden of this onslaught and won't have the resources or manpower to deal with it. 

There is one true test to determine if an investment is passive: once you have made the investment, from that point forward, any activity made by you, regardless of the type, duration, frequency, etc of that action, has no bearing whatsoever on the outcome of the investment.

You can get a good idea of what the market will bear in that area…Don’t worry about real estate agents.

Even better would be "Are you TRULY an investor?".

Hey guys, I'm still starting out and learning quite a bit about a lot of this stuff, so bear with me.