And read the exact words they selected, remember they are politicians, every thing they do has a purpose and most often it is to shift blame.

When going down the stairs, I literally had to slightly shift sideways and duck under this dip in the ceiling.

. :) But owning a brokerage takes you from managing yourself and your clients and transactions in your own quite independent business (still operating under the guidelines of your brokerage, obviously) to managing and being responsible for a large number of PEOPLE - plus a lot more liability.So the main point I would make is that IMO it's not a natural progression, the huge shift in business model and activities and responsibilities means examining it as a new business and evaluating the trade-offs just as one would any other new venture.

And I spose third, I won't look down my nose automatically at mom and pops. 

I see a huge shift in the job market where remote workers HAVE TO but also CAN compete for jobs nationwide.

., as instead of showing support for each other, we first make negative assumptions and automatically assume that someone is in this for the wrong reason.  

You will almost always be tagged with basis shifting and have your exchange disallowed if examined. 

I also predict a shift of investor funds outside of cities into surrounding communities that may have faster eviction times.

My husband and I are in the research phase of our real estate investment journey and have considered short term and long term rentals, before shifting to thinking a live in fixer-upper to later flip or rent would be the easiest (or at least less scary) way to enter the game.

The Millionaire Real Estate Investor is a solid book along with his others like The One Thing, Millionaire Real Estate Agent, Hold, Shift, etc.