One of my favorite movies is Easy Money with Rodney Dangerfield and Joe Pesci.

Not only can be a very labor intensive business, there are a ton of things you need to watch out for if you've never been in the business.My favorite line is when they tell you it's a cash business so they don't report all of it.

Since this is the end of a very long week, I am reminded of one of my favorite Far Side cartoons.

I'll use insurance and accept the risk in the mean time and have no-one to blame if luck calls in its favor...It seems complicated and not-fun to set up the llc and run the property through it, nevermind the cost.

I would look to cut down on the Realtor/marketing cost by becoming a Realtor and going with a broker who does (at least) 70/30 your favor. It's

I got this question from a buyer about a 28 unit property in Texas recently. I thought he had failed to look at the brochure we had provided but it turms out he meant what is the discount off of the BPO. Is anyone he...

Okay a couple quick notes- Just cause I'm curious- 1st picture starting after exterior- the kitchen picture with table- you may want to remove the table- yes the kitchen has eating space but the table where it is also makes kitchen look smaller than it is- Open the kitchen window and take a better picture.Second picture- nice arch and windows- mat in the middle of the walk way looks out of place.3rd picture- Open the window and get some light in the house- remove the cups/plates and just add a runner on the table and then the flowers.4th picture- Umm why is there a outside sitting chair in what seems to be room- confused.5th picture- weird place for the couch- you may want to move it to where the tv is or maybe where the window is-room looks awkward- yeah definately where the window is and then maybe two chairs- some pillows with a bit of color.6th picture- weird thing on wall- tv and mat again in weird place.7th picture- what room is this and why is there a weird shaped sideway window?

You gotta remember their favorite radio station W.I.I.F.M. ( whats in it for me!)

Acts as both a 2nd check on progress to keep the GC accountable for the timeline and quality of work, and another set of eyes to get that personal feel when you walk the almost finished product (color choices, etc).I have had success on 2 projects thus far, in AZ managing them from CO.

Not do what all the other agents are doing, you'll fail.And, my favorite... become a licensed assistant with a top agent so you can learn the business and get paid while doing it!