Just a quick sniff is enough to gag you.If you're dumb enuf to block someone on the road, get out of your car, approach the driver window and try to punch the driver through the window, you deserve a chemical facial.

As long as people who own real estate can own for long term if needed and buy with some skin in the game it usually turns out ok.  

When we move around, we kick up dust, spread hair and skin cells around, and generally leave an almost invisible mess wherever we go.

I would put about 10% of the equity in so investors can see I have skin in the game.

It was so good to have someone with "skin in the game" to call during the whole process.2) when I present it to the owner, do I just give him an earnest deposit in his hand?

to add onto what @James DeRoest said, in addition to ongoing sealing you have to do to maintain it (which you probably don't want to entrust a tenant with), granite is porous (like wood or skin), so if a tenant spills wine, or oil, or grease, or meat sauce, or fish guts, or chicken innards, or other liquids that can stain, those liquids seep into the pores and may not come out if not properly attended to, leading to discoloration.For B class tenants, the ROI is not with it.

I drove around for years in NY and Miami finding great deals for others before I finally had the confidence to risk my own skin.

This is a business where thick skin is pretty essential.

As you learned, sometimes you need thick skin at these meetings.A sales pitch doesn’t offend me, unless it turns into a disrespectful waste of time.

The broker gets paid the same no matter your rate or how long it takes to close, no skin off of their backs.