And two salesmen ship.. many try hard but have such dull personalities and no sales skills that no matter what they do they are destined to not make it in this business were at the end of the day you have to interact with others live and talk them into doing business with you...

Cities will always be popular because at our core we thrive by interacting with other people however technology will enable people to work in city jobs whilst in non city areas.

I don't know what the BP books mean by "passive", but I suspect they are classifying different investment options relative to your level of interaction required.  

Hey @Justin Frye, there's already good advice above on interacting with your tenants and how to work on lease renewal.

You'll see a little colored dot on the bottom left of user profiles -- this will indicate your colleagues and based on the color, you can see if they are online and available for chat.We hope this helps encourage further interaction between our members!

Also, network and focus on meeting and interacting with people who are making money in different ways.

I've also interacted with buyers that said they specifically do not want split-level houses, so I think the buyer's pool for split-level properties is a lot smaller.  

Generally speaking when dealing with online interactions it comes down to numbers.

You need to step outside the SOI, and interact with people you don't know.

Personally, I would never send out a colleague request without an accompanying note of introduction identifying why I am reaching out to them;  even if I were sending the request to someone with whom I've had plenty of interaction on the forums.