Suddenly I have a mental picture of being chased around a roof by angry mud daubers, screaming like a little girl and falling 20 ft onto a piece of jutting-out rebar on the slab below (similar experience happened to by brother awhile back - he survived somehow).

My thought is they couldn't survive off of 1,000 a month so even if you found someone they would be looking for another job immediately that pays more and take yours as a stop gap.

It behooves investors to be extremely well-read on their markets, and perhaps to know people with meaningful influence in their communities.More efficient modes of transportation is a good one, saving businesses and/or consumers time and/or money.

They will be your BFFs.I've not been impressed with "pro" painters - they don't do a better job than I can & I really can't afford to spend the money.Yes, it's boring - plug yourself in to the ol' iPod, get a cooler full of drinks, some snacks & put your mind in Zen mode.

personally if you are in that mode of determining when to buy, you might want to consider the last few days of December.

I hate to go into Ron Paul mode, but our fiat currency is paper backed by public opinion and if that should collapse, God knows what will happen to the stock market.

Using this model I have yet to have an year that I didn't have positive cash flow in ANY of my properties.

We are in mega-aquire mode at the moment, so it is rare if we have a lot capital laying around in our accounts.

The surviving agents will truly facilitate the transaction by providing advice based on extensive knowledge; by completely understanding the real estate procedures, laws and regulations that govern transactions, and by having answers to problems arising in financing issues, title issues, legal issues, etc.  

For one, it does not survive the various rules advocated on this: One percent rule: There is no foreseeable way this place rents for $2000.Fifty percent rule: My cost for this property is at least $1050.