As long as the team player is contributing positively and sincerely, any errors or mis-judgements are forgiveable.I don't put a price on the dedication, although I did sever my stock broker relationship in 2009 when told to..."

I don't drink and I'm not a party goer so I'll only ask that you keep your hands out of the wetbar if it is indeed stocked.

I think it is a nice diversification to invest in stocks and securities and not just real estate.

I would suggest that you stay away from stocks.

We used to own several rentals in the mid 90's, but my husband kept complaining about having to fix things ourselves on a weekend or emergency, but he didn't want to just let me hire people as it was more expensive, and he kept saying the stock market would make us much more money for less headaches, no chance of being sued by a stock, etc., so we sold all but one (liked that one too much to let him sell it), and invested heavily in the stock market.

And as far as REIT’s go, after the election and the way the stock market has reacted to this new deal I’m excited to see what the DOW REIT index will do in 2013.

Determine what a sheriff’s sale on this house could LIKELY fetch2. offer to stay if my principle is is reduced to $50K over that figure. $50K MORE than they'd get if I left, right?

If you let others determine how much to offer for a particular property, their assumtions may not be like yours, and that would make the offer price be totally off.But the most important reason for determining the asking price yourself, is simply because you have to understand the principles and fundamentals of this business.

Corporations are controlled by ownership of stock and LLC's are usually controlled by percentage of ownership as well.

Youwant to say to him: "I'm going to put $50k into stocks.