In our investment banking division they are treated like dogs, basically drafting document after document, running numbers on deal viability and putting together merger or mundane legal documents.

Just recently I scaled back on my investing to focus on coaching newbies and consulting with other investors and small business owners in online lead generation.

Lumber mills here shut down or scaled way back as well as many logging operations.

Until lately I have invested in RE as a sideline to with the payoff being five to ten years down the road.Vikram: Name brand Cities are cities that show up on large scale maps with dots.

(Sewers are scaled by bedrooms, not baths, since it's the number of people likely to reside there that is the basis for the useage)Usually, you are not required to hook up to a sewer (unless the EPA types are in on it, like near a river or lake) but you do have to pay the sewer assessments.I have had septics, it's worth it to hook up, IMO> Bill

Some beauty shops are on a percentage of gross scale as well, a base rent plus a percentage of gross income.

Smaller buildings may have professional management, but due to economies of scale, you may not actually employ full-time on-site management or maintenance.

I think it is probably the best place to invest money right now on a large scale - very high ROIs and pretty stable by emerging market standards.

It's a scale from 0 to 100, where 80 means you pay as agreed.

Someone (Kiyosaki, maybe) said that real estate is a great way to store cash.But one (usually) makes that cash in other ways, principally through a successful business (or writing bestsellers like Kiyosaki).Twenty grand won't go far in REI, but there are plenty of ways to scale that amount up significantly, and they've been touched upon here and there on BP.Good luck.