The $1500 operating expenses are things like taxes, insurance, management (even if you do it yourself), maintenance, advertising, office expenses, utilities (even if only during vacancies), legal fees, evictions, damage done by tenants in excess of the security deposit, etc, etc, etc.

free business cards from vistaprint.com buying office supplies at school supply times @ Walmart.

Yes the government is hell-bent on printing more money to solve the crisis, but the printing presses are a small part of the total money supply.

My office is in Hoboken, NJ on the Hudson River.

If I don't have one you need, I work in an office/brokerage that has 140 Realtors.

I don't see why AMEX wouldn't be catching on that this guy's office is approving dozens of $500k cards.

Low income tenants are in large supply where I'm at and don't negotiate terms.

From the founding of this country through about 1840, most Americans only contact with the Federal Government was by using the Post Office.

You can get great hardware answers at a local store I use but they supply builders all over the US via their web site where you can see the items and they have great staff to answer questions.

I am a Warrant Officer in the US Army currently stationed in Ft Bragg NC.