Once the government controls a huge segment of the populations housing, food, medical care,and income, it creates the foundation to move from a free market system into socialism.

The skill of being an effective LL is more of an art than a science.Happy investing!

The skill of the photographer definitely does not increase with the price of the camera.

I'm also a Firefighter/Medic so I get to deal with it full time and on my days off.

It sounds like you trust Joe, however it is important to understand trusting his integrity is different than trusting his skills and knowledge.

That's about how I remeber it, other than the accounting, not many files were noted on any computer list and never scanned, beyond my skills you know.

Whether to Bird Dog or get it under contract and wholesale it, usually has to do with your amount of skill and knowledge.

We have mastered "people skills" -- and part of people skills is not letting it show when you think someone is being a jerk or unreasonable. 

The skill of solving the seller's or the buyer's problem is a great skill to have.That especially becomes true when you start trying to buy or sell larger properties --- getting those deals done correctly often require a cooperative, joint effort between the seller and buyer.

number and size of local institutions with skilled transient workforces?