If you have an interest in taking advantage of these common fluctuations then open up a Forex Trading account and trade the spread over longer periods of time (ie. 3/6/12/18/24 months)- not daily.

We do at least 10 a month in our backyard, and I could never do that volume going solo!

As they sell loans to Fannie/Freddie, they replenish their "warehouse line" through "spot bond prices" that are published daily at Fannie/Freddie's site.

Even with the Big 3 getting their bail out it seems like I'm reading something daily in the paper about business closing, job layoffs, etc., I think that is the cause of my hesitance to pull the trigger and invest more.

It has proven to be helpful in managing my tasks and as a result, my daily productivity.

Double my volume of fix-and-flips.

One reason why I wanted to specialize in smaller multifamily deals was to be able to better isolate my investments rather than have to operate on a volume basis.

For me, I want to get big enough that I am totally absent from the daily activities on the properties - a business.

I doubt you would be able to apply all his teachings to a service focused business but there are some handy tips in the book for every business owner.One of his tips is to apply an auto-reply email message to your mail box which states that you now only look at your emails twice daily and if its really urgent to contact on you the mobile.By forcing yourself to only check you emails twice daily you help increase the efficiency of your work because you are not constantly being disturbed by emails.

Also, you want to make sure you have time from sale date because the lender is losing daily.