Would that cause any challenges for the person who is buying subject to?

In fact, in a lot of ways, it isn't specifically the fact that I was involved in real estate investing that was so alarming to him, the whole idea of investing outside of traditional blue chip stocks and mutual funds was completely foreign as well, and had I said that I was day trading Forex (I'm not, but know people who are successful doing so), had he the slightest clue of what I was talking about, he probably would respond in a similar manner as to what he did with my rental property business.And had I been interested in starting a sandwich shop for example, certainly that also would have caused a certain amount of discouragement from.  

In the North.....the proposed expansion of Inter-Continental Airport has caused stagnant growth in as many as 6 to 10 different communties as homeowners wait in limbo wondering whether or not they will have to drink the imminent domain Kool-Aid.I actually live north of Houston in Conroe.

Not being there can really cause some anxiety when things go wrong.

Prohabber, The current company I teach at tracks statistics like, "most common causes a house reaches foreclsoure."

I've been warned that doing too many buy/sell transactions may cause the IRS to designate me as a "real estate dealer," and force me to pay self-employment tax of 15.3% of the first $72,600 of income.

However, they know that if they do it often enough, to enough people some of them will arrive in a prospects hands at the time that they're contemplating selling the house, or (in the case of insurance guys) on the day they found out that a friend died unexpectedly, which causes them to call the person who mailed.Ask yourself how many cards and letters you'll have to mail to hit those few folks.all cash

With that being said, I dont think that small return is worth the risk of it being in the buyout zone cause there are just to many uncertainties.

The tree was infested with ivy high and low and though it provided privacy, I felt sooner or later it would cause bigger problems.

Since the commission is paid by the seller, it does not eat into your bottom line (at least not directly - you might argue that the fact that a commission is being paid causes the seller to ask for that much more in the asking price).