Landlords of only a few properties that do not require more than collecting rent and facilitating occasional repairs are not considered to be in the capacity of a business.

Economic changes do this occasionally.

I personally believe (and this comes with several years experience glancing at the Google stock ticker and walking by the Cramer show occasionally on in the bedroom) the market wont be spectacular over the next couple years, sub 8% at least, where does a guy put his money? 

I have 7 section 8 tenants now and have allowed the program in my units for about 10 years.Every tenant I've had drama and/or damage and/or the occasional eviction has been a smoker.  

Pouring boiling water down the drain occasionally or after a clog may prevent stoppages in drains. 

I occasionally listen to podcasts and am still amazed at how the headlines never match up to the content.

I blurred out my info and his address top right.Further more will everyone please contact me or Joseph on here if you see anything resembling anything like this with our names?  

This also doesn't go on your credit record to blur your borrowing power.

As a self-managing investor, my returns have come from being hands-on, even with the occasional costly mistake.The benefits?

For properties under $50,000 where HUD offers a flat $1250 commission to each agent the percentages are skewed but the number is somewhere in the minus $2500 + 5 to 6% as the minimum acceptable although occasionally a computer glitch(I assume the software was not set up for a flat fee commission) the counter will come back at minus $2500.