I prefer concrete block.We have not had issues with termites, but the moisture here has played a role in higher maintenance costs with wood rotting from a poor stucco repair from the previous owner.

@Brian Pulaski I'm not sure I explained my role well enough.

I put the leads in Podio and have followup alerts. same with Brokers.

Most recently I had the above list created for .04 per lead.

For us, we begin by defining roles before we address compensation. 

This information is very general and may lead to failure.

Build relationships with these people and your network and it will naturally lead to opportunities to learn the business.

The only thing you can do to reduce the number of useless leads is to include how much down and how much per month on the sign/ad/website.

Similarly, I suspect Amazon wanting to enter the mortgage business isn't about the potential profits, rather they want to capture the vast amounts of data that a loan application produces, which will ultimately strengthen their understanding of their customers and lead to an increase in overall profitability.

I agree they are deductible either way but this will likely lead to someone actually taking the expenses and savings tax down the road.In addition, if someone is paying $1,000 for their 1040 tax return with 6 K-1 pickups, they could use that same accountant to file a 1065 and 1040 for $1,100 and charge the 1065 (holding LLC) a large portion of that expense.