I should make back over 4x the amount "in" them by the time I'm ready to hang up my hat and call it good, so if I can give them away for $20K-30K a piece to a budding investor I'll be only too happy.The problem is with "pigs" in expensive markets. 

it's "how long can I hang on waiting for the recovery?"

You can easily get 12% returns once you get the hang of real estate investing through: debt pay down, appreciation, tax benefits, cash flow, and low down payments (CoC return)

CL, local FB, and have a banner hanging on the outside of the building.

You don't want huge icicles hanging off your roof or ice sheets forming and jacking up your roof.

We've considered hanging onto our 5th wheel to do some travels in sometime, so we'll see. 

If you want do do sales, you can still hang your broker's license and create your own team as you could anywhere and just be "brokered by eXp realty". 

Most of them, justifiably, are looking for the low hanging fruit (ie - a newly married couple with a baby on the way, a family relocating to the area because mom/dad got transferred, someone selling their existing house and buying another...you get the picture). 

Larger corporate head quarters and major industry giants hang their hat here.

I just passed my PB exam.there are a few hang your license companies in Oregon..