The numbers that matter to me are the volume numbers and the activity numbers.

Plus, good agents, ones who do a ton of volume will always out negotiate a FSBO. 

September 2018 saw decreased transaction volume compared to September 2017.

A fourplex will cost more for the same services since you are calling contractors each time and won't get any volume discounts versus owning 50 units in the same market.

I have paid for coaching, but not until I hit an achievement ceiling and needed to break through it - so I found someone who was where I wanted to be financially or volume-wise.

Congrats on the new in-house PM, next in line will be a contractor license or an in-house handyman who has a license for that kind of volume, or probably an on-call maintenance, or dual employer handyman to keep losses down (little more expensive than in-house).

A buyer's agent is the only way I can handle the volume of offers needed.

If a so called “client” brings up my name to you then whatever, but the fact that after so many years you have to address it on a forum speaks volumes about the type of person you are. 

The catch is, the operator has to be able to guarantee a certain volume level of loans in order for this type of firm to be interested.

Coming from an organization that is a hard money lender... this is exactly why our rates are a bit more than private money lenders... we deal with more volume and we have an experienced team of professionals who have been doing this for more than a decade.