The firm I currently use is professional and fairly thorough, but I have really struggled to get them to see eye to eye with me that this is really an asset management / investment management job - and with a leveraged model it is clear that small differences in the NOI:gross rent ratio will make a big difference to the cash on cash / overall profitability of my operation.

Hello bp,My partner and i are eager to jump into our first deal. we are going through the process of building a team for our real estate business.

Successful small biz folks, tech start up peeps, tech people at large firms (stock options = Chaa-Ching), wealthy foreign buyers, forced appreciation investors like me, etc.And speaking specifically for the SF market market, I can't say enough about how the cash flow grows. 2BR Units I rented in the fashionable Mission District in 2010 for $2200 are now at least $3600.

It will be found in Insurance company stocks and healthcare service startups and the venture capital firms that buy them with big IPOs this year if the health care legislation that forces everyone to become a paid customer of insurance companies goes through.

While the individual may know his or her own level of ability, the hiring firm is not (usually) able to observe such an intangible trait - thus there is an asymmetry of information between the two parties.

However, my investments in Real Estate have been made possible by a decade of financial discipline, debt repayment (student, vehicle, CC, etc), and a focused effort to become an individual that banks are eager to lend money to.  

If the eviction is solely about rent, I explain we do not want them to move out, we just want them to get to a zero balance and this process gives us a firm deadline.

People don't really take City Planning into consideration with their investments, but don't get it twisted, investment firms do!

Many are attached to broker-dealer firms and are spreading half-truths about FINRA compliance.  

@Tony Karns I don't think the big property tax protest firms will do a better job than you can do yourself.