and you say "fine" when you are anything BUT fine.So J, here is another easy task for you.

So, in addition to the obvious problem of having education run by a government bureaucracy, we also have a problem of a society that views seemingly unpleasant tasks (like math) as things to be avoided.

Now, if you are truly an independant contractor or an employee and you have done adminstrative support tasks for that Realtor, like taking pictures, setting out signs, filing, etc, they can pay you, but not based on a per centage of a sale.

I especially enjoy the ones where you take people to task about this supposed Holy Grail 50% “rule†and I share most of your thoughts there.I didn’t find much wrong with the post referenced either, although I did vote for some of the subsequent comments.

Right now, I seem to be spread out between a lot of different "startup" tasks and am not actually get much accomplished.I know I need to market, setup a buyers list, find title companies, find an agent.

That leaves $5160 in annual cash flow.So, your COC for this scenario is:$5160 / $6380 = 80%In this case, your COC increases dramatically with the leverage you obtain.In most situations the COC won't increase that dramatically (yours is pretty unique in that you're getting $1200 in rent on a $30K property), but given reasonable interest rates, you'll generally see an increase in COC when you leverage.Also keep in mind that I didn't factor in any loan costs or closing costs in the scenario above...even if you paid only $2000 out-of-pocket in loan/closing costs to get that 80% financing, your COC would drop to around 60%.As for how COC is advertised, it needs to be advertised in conjunction with a specific scenario.

Having unresolved contingencies in the contract just adds to the uncertainty.A realtor is in a unique position when advising their client.

The problem is that managing is dealing with tenants' unique personalities and problems.

My business plan for next year is to outsource most of the time-consuming tasks in my business;Property searches for cash buyers, putting up properties on my wordpress website, following up with prospect, etc.Have you used a virtual assistant with much success?

Since I knew the property owners/family had never taken on this task themselves, they were really clueless as to how time intensive it was.