You're money did a bit of the work, but most of the profit was probably through not charging for your labor.Year 2, you gained more knowledge in the industry and got a raise on your time and earned a good ROI.At the end of year 3, the amount you can earn on your labor stops growing so quickly, so it is very hard to double 500k.

I've been involved in the industry as a CTA (Commodity Trading Advisor) for more than 30 years.

In commercial, industrial properties you may look back 3 or 4 years and adjust values if necessary as and look to other citys hundreds of miles away, for part of the analysis of say a shopping mall.

Kristine,I think another factor that I alluded to in my original post is that a lot of people have been waiting on the sidelines and are now getting in the game.

Sad part they have a web site and every thing and I think some thing should be done to shut down all the scam artists in this industry.

Investors always saw value in REIT to participate in ownership of assets they would not be able to own ordinarily, i.e. class A multifamily, industrial, commercial, retail, etc.

If he's like me, he'll love being able to look at houses with you or talk real estate and see someone else get into the game with him.I think in the back of my mind, the other thing that I see is the possibility that I may invest with some of these people in a larger project at some point.

MLS and play the numbers game.2.

It's a game for the developers.

It could be liget and it could well be a sham, and probably from the listing agent playing games, caal the on it, stick to your price and move on, make them shoe any option or take them down.