I just got my materials for my yellow letters in so I'll be sending my first batch out soon.

Rich Weese,No he MUST spend at least 750 in the real estate trade or business.Real Estate Professional In A NutshellBeginning in 1994, a real estate professional may treat rental real estate activities as non-passive if the taxpayer materially participates in the rental activities.[2] The material participation requirement applies separately to each rental activity (unless the taxpayer made a timely election to group all his rentals as a single activity).

You may think finding a deal is worth 50%, I disagree, I can get a Realtor to find deals for 6% all day long.I can also get a CG, with experience and a good track record to do the construction at 15-20% over materials and labor.

There is no deflation in cost of materials.

His materials are thorough, but he appears to be set up as a guru - making his money on students as opposed to real estate.I am hoping Ms Hanover's partnering is included and different as I am already involved in residential short sales and now have commercial sellers responding to my marketing daily and I have transactional funding lined up.

Article 1 or the REALTORS Code of Ethics states that the REALTOR shall"promote and protect the interests of the client."

Once you find out what you want to do then look for reading material that follows your strategy.

This is like the 3rd promo I've seen in weeks where a self-anointed guru bashes "gurus" in general to promote their "non-guru" system/class/course/website/coffee cup, etc.

If you want to promote your biz, solicit deals, ask questions, etc., lets take it to another forum.Thanks guys!

Perhaps subconsciously, a customer feels that if you are willing to take less from them then you are willing to promote them taking less from the buyer.