Cruising around in my Miata.

It's most likely from the increased flexibility for families to travel with online school and reluctance to travel to destinations via airplanes or cruise ships. 

Go to Google maps, Yahoo maps, and cruise around the neighborhood. 

They would qualify and set up appointments for Steve our office secretary would put a map package together so he could find the property he was a little directionally challenged.. so his day got condensed to 2 to 3 site visits and timber cruises.. working 1/3 the hours and first year we closed over 80 deals that had net revenue in the low 7 figures for the company.. 

He's been known to manage his STR from his iPhone while cruising the Carribbean on his yacht while eating oysters with Motley Crue.

Fact of the matter is you WILL have $500k after 5 yrs of investing with a dayjob and a good bank relationship...so beware of blowing you load on one massive, high value, high interest, 5 yr balloon purchase...I buy where it makes "cents", not where I can show off the building)Just because this guy will sell to you doesn't mean that it's a good deal...still the cash flow looks pretty basic on the first glance.If you are putting down $30k that should answer the bank question pretty well...it's all individual...I buy my houses in Toledo on a line of credit (so I can buy 15 foreclosed $20k houses and there aren't any appraisals or bank discussions required...I could buy a boat or cruise with the money if I was stupid enough to choose to do that).

One day my buddy here in Austin told me he was going on a cruise down to Mexico and he'd be visiting the port city where I had this condo.

Cruise The Mortgage Professor's site if you want to learn about different loan products from pretty much the best mortgage guy on the planet.

They go on cruises, brag about their success online, have meetups which are more like parties. 

Are you functioning only in the spaces where you are needed for your unique touch, or are you feverishly grasping onto cumbersome tasks while your competitors are cruising by in the fast lane?