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It's relatively inexpensive and you can represent yourself and others.The benefit of having an agent represent you is they understand the market, they can be an second set of eyes, they are objective and not emotionally tied to the transaction, they are skilled negotiators, etc.

A lot of people get caught up with the emotions of it. 

Louis house flippers and contractors.I just moved a bunch of random material I had collected and I have this philosophy in life where I say "owning and storing stuff cost money" even if you aren't literally paying for storage having a lot of stuff take an emotional, physical and sometimes like in moving cost a financial toll.

Not the star of the neighborhood, but clean, attractive and well priced.At first it was hard because they had to put extra fix up money into the place.But eventually that was pretty much over with, but they really didn't have a lot of "Cash Flow" leftover after bills to spend as profits.This is because their lender ate up a lot of the cash flow (with their 3.5% down loan).So James decided he wanted to make a few extra bucks and took a pottery class at the local community college.So he could learn to make pottery, and sit by the roadside on a blanket selling clay pots -- after coming home from his primary job as a Pet Detective.Freida says no to the class, afraid James will run off with some fellow young pot maker in a tight skirt.But James presses on and signs up for the class anyway--determined to make some extra money.Well a couple of days into the class, poor James is killed in a Kiln explosion--completely accidental.Freida was emotionally devastated, but luckily had a large insurance policy on James, which she used to pay off the 4-plex and also buy herself a nice small SFH near a Starbucks.So now Frieda owns the 4-plex all by herself, no bank, no James, and the rents all come to her 100%, and now she is renting out 4 apartments vs 3 as before.In one of the apartments lives a renter family, Bob, his girlfriend Janet and their two little kids Bert and Ernie. 

If there are two my guess is they are not service dogs, but emotional support animals (aka pets). 

One more tip – people remember stories that trigger their emotions.

LEAVE your emotions out of your business.

Eating vegetables every single day as opposed to just once in awhile has made a significant difference more my health overall; physical, mental, emotional, spiritual.

The why is your reason for doing any real estate, usually just making money is only going to take you so far, it is better to have a deeper reason for why you are trying to reach your goals.