However, I did have "that one" who charged me $500, then didn't follow-thru on his contract.

Even the hoa at our south carolina houses drives me batty.

so i was at a listing appointment and my client's toddlers were doing storytelling and showing off their Berenstein Bears book... and i couldn't help but notice the spelling has apparently changed to the BerenstAin Bears since the authors are Stan & Jan BerenstAin..the spelling stood out to me like a sore thumb and my client told me she remembers it being Berenstein Bears too but thinks back in our chilhood days (80s) they probably misprinted a whole bunch of books which confuzzled us into thinking it was ALWAYS Berenstein Bears whereas to the current and new generation have always know it to be with the awkward atypical A instead of E like in -Stein because of lost in transliteration back in the 1800s at Ellis Island.it made for an interesting conversation and it is what it is, life goes on; our childhood memories are a couple decades ago afterall; but driving home it irked me that how could the current spelling seem so foreign from all my memories as i too had and read the books avidly, once upon a time. i figured my client's and my mind's playin tricks on me but since i got home i googled and found it is a widespread phenomena.. what do u remember these heartwarming nostalgia bears as, Berensteins or Berenstains!?

I can either 1)move up to North Dakota(where I work) 2)drive up from NM or CO for my two weeks on duty 3) or quit. 

That is when I got hooked on real estate again.Since the beginning of July, I have been reading, studying, and even driving more slowly by empty houses.

It would have been an "oh cool" factor, though probably not something I would have really used because I already had a counter wine rack.

I ve been reading, crunching numbers, meeting with realtors and doing drive byes for six months.

Yes, there's Hard Money and other options, but it'll just drive up the acquisition cost and I'm looking for long term holdings.  

I personally found the couple I found just by driving through the neighborhood.

I wasted hours driving back and forth to that property, meeting with contractors, utilities companies, potential buyers, etc...