I have not come a across anything referred to as a "grant lien" in my practice.  

I just ordered some new lease forms.In practice, I don't think it'll make any difference for me, from what I can tell from the information in the links above.

I am also a practicing attorney that handles multiple real estate transactions per month and our firm is located in Park Ridge so I feel I do have my knowledge and experience in handling real estate transactions from the legal side to offer to the member's of the BP site.  

This also makes the DOS trigger concerns moot.As far as insurance companies holding potential customers hostage for additional types of insurance policy sales, well that seems like a silly business practice.

I've been practicing commercial real estate for about a year and have seen a trend in both residential and commercial in which agents are essentially buying listings.

I also looked at north Dallas, but decided that the area was inconvenient and not practical, as getting across there for issues would be difficult during work hours (and then there is the infamous traffic)@Sam ShuehSam, Property tripling in value is the very reason rental return is so bad.

As stated interest rates are practically free today so paying down any mortgage as opposed to investing in more properties to make your money actually earn it's keep is the only logical option.Do you want your money to work for you or would you rather hide it away and forget about it.  

I know which one of us I would call if I wanted a price or best practice for putting in a new walkway or fixing a retaining wall.That being said, I am not sure how it works where you are licensed but where I am, a seller makes an agreement for a commission to the listing agent (Lets say 6% for S&G's). 

Being licensed will open additional paths for you in real estate, but as has been said above, real estate school is test prep and not practical preparation.

Obviously without doing a deal, and actually collecting rent i have yet to fully understand any of the practical aspects of it.