So, I recommend you not only strive to become someone who does deals but also someone who is a thought-leader in the sector.

Government, an economic indicator that relates to labor, material and services.Marketing aspects of related industries, from timber to plastics.Insurance companies watch trends as it relates to new costs of construction and trickles through to premiums and losses.Hedge funds, the mortgage industry, securities, REITs are related to macro assessments.My point is that the closest aspect of macro numbers to your market is to motivation of buyers and sellers, temporary attitudes that may tell an owner "I should sell now" or "I need to hold off" but usually these temporary motivations or attitudes don't make it to the level of making a buy or sell decision, all such thoughts are simply indicators to form an opinion to lean toward further analysis of a personal situation.All real estate is local.

I owe another company in automotive industry, which is LLC and is classified as S-Corp.

And in my case, I have had the privilege of having some of the best mentors in my industry.

This title company is a reputable one, and they appear to be simply pushing the industry standard -- ie promoting fear -- when it comes to the Owner's Policy.

You stand out as the stop-dreaming-guy which is needed in this industry.

I'm looking forward to becoming more interactive.The podcasts helped me through my half ironman training this summer and the forums always contain a wealth of information.I currently work in the healthcare industry, but spend a great deal of my spare time developing algorithms to analyze properties!

Again welcome aboard, and there are lots of women in the industry, you will just be another pretty face in the crowd.

Debt to Income - DTI - is only use on FHA, conventional, Va and other typical residential transactions (consumer front).If you're going to a portfolio lender they look at lending from a 1.25x DSCR point of view (industry standard) which in essence is a 80% Debt to Income if you think about it.1 dollar of debt / 1.25 dollars of net operating income (NOI) = 1.25 X DSCR = 80% DTI Never the less us bankers joke about it all the time because it might be crazy from a residential loan officers point of view but in the banks eyes its not from a commercial point of view.The commercial bank views income property as a consistent sustainable source of reocurring income especially in stronger rental markets so having 1.25 dollars of net income coming in for every dollar of out going debt service payment is acceptable.The mess with this 1.25x they will sometimes make you conform even while subjecting you to underwriting at higher rates, shorter amortization periods, and other income adjustments that make it harder to obtain 1.25x.

I have been interested in the real estate industry since i was teenager and got my license this year at the age of 21.