However, if I had $3.6M, I'd leverage it up with $10M worth of income-producing real estate.

Again, this will produce many leads, but for the wrong reason, often unqualified.

That's exactly the idea of buying leveraged, income-producing properties.But even in that case, the interest you pay isn't a "tax benefit".

By the time I had finished reading and listening to everything in it I was in the same league as the top producers yet newcomers were joining a Caldwell Banker type company and getting a training manual I would throw in the garbage.

For Shark Tank they are just covering their behinds (Especially with Cuban being an Executive Producer and going through an insider trading case right now).The show does not want to take responsibility of the viewing public trying to contact the presenters and then investing, losing money, and coming back to Shark tank and suing them for the loss.Interestingly, to even appear on Shark Tank you have to give the show I think 2-3% of your company.

I'd rather have tall grass then no grass at all, LOL.Like a dividend producing stock, too many landlords - IMO -just try grab the rent (ie, dividend) and neglect the appreciation (capital gain).Doesn't just apply to if/when I have to sell the property too...if you can maintain the yard, it makes it that much easier to attract tenants...curb appeal is the 1st impression whether selling a home or renting it.

Contractors don't take the risks of ownership nor the expenses or investment which put that owner in that position that produces the opportunity. :)

I hope that its producing a ton of cash flow for you.

Your managing broker will want production, it's a sales organization, if you don't produce they may ask for an office fee allowing you to hang around.I tell people to sit down and make a list of people they know personally that they could call on the phone and talk about RE.

I also started another post today about using real estate for producing income (other than the usual)