It takes a lot of volume to make up for the small returns, so it is labor intensive.With your other job, I'm not sure you have the time or motivation to succeed as a real estate agent.

I will keep the greed away and not get too carried away :-) I am a low volume guy so I should be OK.

At that point it is all about volume. 50% of 10 deals is better than 100% of 2 deals.

@Curt Davis  Curt not to disagree with you but some very large companies (HIGH VOLUME PLAYERS) did rental guarantee's  I bought paper from 2 of them and one is in massive trouble.. and the other is just hanging in there...

Let me just say, I wasn't ready, at all, for the call volume.  

Do low cap rate investments make sense if the volume (# of units) is high?

The more input I keep getting, the clearer and clearer the picture becomes.The serious, high volume raw land investors I know are also agents.  

I would love to hear tax attorneys discuss successful audit defense of things like:*defending Real Estate Professional status;*defending depreciation of buy-and-hold properties while simultaneously wholesaling other properties in volume*defending an audit (IRS or Labor Dept) of a self-directed retirement accountPlanning for taxes, and filing taxes, is very different from undergoing and successfully defending a tax audit.

This is of interest to me because of the obvious lack of sales volume in the area.

I have access to an industrial printer so the volume isn't an issue.I'm looking to hit:1100+ absentees65 y/o+ deed holders w/equity in specific zip codes( 200-400 names)Code violationsDriving for dollarsThese are the marketing strategies I am currently implementing. ^ are these reasonable strategies to meet my goals?