It's a fun environment.

We live in a city environment where the demand is very high for our unit.

"While you're waiting for the whale, I rather catch the little fish and be eating plenty

Yes she was brought up in a wage slave environment, her dad, and gradnpa are retires (with pensions) from IBM, and her mom is still working at her employer hoping that they will come out of bankruptcy so she can retire with the pension she built up (forfeited if she retires while in bankruptcy protection).

Artificial low interest rates imposed by central planners and increasing public/corporate/government debt may cause a deflationary environment in the near future - it has been a while since there was an "official" recession.In general, I never thought that landlording is passive problems free investment.

My goal is to create a comfortable environment were your true self-comes out... not the person that feels they have to impress everyone. 

Although I've only been in the business for a few months, I feel like a fish in water lol.

In today's interest rate environment if you have a loan of 3-4% on your primary residence your actual return is just that, less any tax savings!

That's where you guys have helped me fill in the gap on that knowledge you gain from just being in the game.well heres the thing - you don't have to do any work at all as a real estate agent. you could pretty much never show up to the office and that's perfectly fine, as they get to collect their franchise fee each month. now some places, you can get in for just $150 a month or even less. and if you only want to stick with them for like a year, then youd only pay like $1,750 total for the year, and just quit the office and tell them you'll come back some other time (which theyll be ok with). the amount of knowledge youll gain from playing around with their sophisticated MLS program is really cool. i really believe that becoming an agent for 18 months gave me a huge advantage, as the majority of people in Ocala are country bumpkin simpleton type of people, and the investors with money were commonly people from out of town or out of state. pick your battles and battlegrounds wisely. as far as "networking" goes, i didn't really form any relationships in particular with anyone that i didnt already have. i had a manager who was actually silly, but smart. some offices have this snobby attitude from some of the agents who think they're all that because they are the #1 in the sales office, and some are laidback and cool. our manager was a cool and laidback guy who was willing to help with anything. there was also this funny older lady who would always be on the computer playing solitaire in the afternoon whenever i happened to arrive at the office. should you decide to join an office one day, be sure to take a few minutes to scout out the place and see if its got the right kind of environment for you. id avoid the cutthroat type of offices, but in the end it doesn't matter as much as you think cuz youll mostly be at home.

So my friends, how does the little fish win in a market like this?