I know that many "hard core" landlords may disagree with me on this, but as someone who has been in those shoes, I prefer to be stern with a human approach.

Hi BPers,I recently graduated with a Master's Degree and I will begin work as a Human Capital Consultant in Vienna, VA next week.

More cost effective, if someone time consuming, would be to change the most vulnerable pipe to high pressure PEX; I've seen demonstrations of PEX expanded absurdly beyond its size, with pressure and temperature, before busting.

Real estate is a lot like an eco-system; you've got your prime-rib eating humans on the top and your maggots on the bottom, but they all have a purpose and they all have opportunity. 

They're only human being.

Because our real world is very ugly, many bad guys and lairs are all around the world hurting human beings.

There is no 'market reading software' or 'real estate mentor program' that will ever be more accurate and consistent than a human using the MLS.

Because Tony was a real human being, he could guarantee the loan, and the cash-out refi came in greater than the money each person or entity had originally invested.

Maybe it is government, or art, or humanities... in and of themselves, perhaps not overall valuable from a typical job perspective... but from a 'human being' perspective there is value there.  

It requires at least basic human relation skills.Easy?