However, for those of us who invest a long ways outside a major metropolitan area, such companies are nonexistent.Control is a major factor in our decision to invest in RE instead of stocks, mutual funds, etc.

My all time classic was the tenant who asked me if, hypothetically, if there was a dead body in his apartment would I help him dispose of it and not call the police!

This thread seems to be dead but I was wondering the same thing and ended up coming across this site: http://real-estate-law.freeadvice.com/real-estate-law/buy_sell_a_home/1243/

@Jon Klaus -not that I normally like to resurrect dead threads, but I'm just wondering how your restaurant experience is going?

I have a mix of some NPR programs, Slate podcasts and one for stock investing.

A bad agent is dead weight.

@Jon Holdman was pretty dead on with his advice.

The tree was dead and should have been removed anyways.

I'd have been inclined to agree with Mike here, but it looks like at least for the moment, we're being too pessimistic.On the other hand, it could just be a dead cat bounce.Jon

Individual Private Investors, commonly referred to as "Angel Investors" are generally interested in receiving higher returns on their investments than they can make through "traditional" means such as mutual funds or on the stock market.