If you make your house really stand out, i.e. custom cabinets, granite, all tile in the bathrooms, nice doors and trim, you get the picture, something that is a real cut above the other houses in the neighborhood; how much more can you realistically get for it?

Morgan Stanley talks about the "American Rentership Society," in which renting is preferred to owning. http://myrentalportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Morgan-Stanley-SF-Report-Oct-2011.pdfI guess the American Dream is just a dream :/

I also want to represent my business more legitmate and Id like a space that customers as well as other contractors can meet me and plan projects.

If you broker only commercial loans, you don't need a broker license.I made this comment in the context of this thread and this company, which takes applications, performs MLO activities and caters to residential customers.

The industry prefers 'back to back' escrow these days.

When the market demand is high for anything, there are always crooks in the marketplace that try to rip their customers off.

This is where those activities take place and those are the preferred tax deferrals.

So I would make the claim that all businesses pay zero tax.My business pays tax and I have no product or service or customers.

I could make some interesting designs for the back and front ... besides that we could make it a custom font and the logo option.

An image jumped into my head of 'For Rent' signs down the whole street and I knew that wasn't something I wanted to compete with.I prefer to buy in established neighborhoods where the majority of people own their houses.