At the last one, there were a couple of presentations that touched on this topic and indicated we probably have 4-5 years of reasonably strong growth ahead in the single family world barring some national or worldwide economic crisis.

If the staff at your local Home Improvement store know you on a first name basis ... you might be a real estate investor.

@Karen Margrave @Albert Bui A foreign investor can use their funds on developments if they will form the input cost of opening a business that will go on to hire 10 FT staff.

We have 10 customer service people staff throughout the week 24/7 to ensure this doesn't happen.  

It has new and experienced investors (worldwide) from every REI niche.

I am not talking about cases where someone gets assaulted or robbed and then tries to sue landlord because property wasn't well lit orbecause they didn't have security staff.

(Note: Try to obtain various sample reports generated by the management company for their clients).12.Is the maintenance performed by your staff or outside contractors?

For between 8% and 10% of collected rent they will manage your property with a professional and fully trained staff.

But there are some signs that we are in the final innings - softening rents in many major markets where the big money focuses; pipeline of new construction drying up because of land prices/lending in major markets (Tishman-Speyer, one of the biggest developers in the world, laid off its ENTIRE development staff earlier this year.  

.- If you're going with a multiple staff company as opposed to a one-person shop, and they provide both bookkeeping and taxes - you eliminate the disconnect problem.