A tightly sealed home improves comfort and indoor air quality while reducing utility bills-make sure the building envelope is propery sealed (use polyseal) around all cracks, holes, etc..Again, a tightly sealed home improves comfort and indoor air quality while reducing utility bills. while the above statements wont be a huge marketing tool, they will help save "$mucho dinero$" in energy costs.

My two goals for 2009 were to purchase an investment property & also purchase an arcade machine to place at a local indoor soccer facility.

Seller is the decision maker, agent is just a middle person.

com and check out Triangle Real Estate Deal Maker Sessions.

I read throughout the day like when excel is slowly churning at my w-2 job or waiting for the slow kurig coffee maker at the office.

I think people in the medical field often are far more risk adverse than average and also don’t have the same “I hate my job” motivation to make real estate be their path out.

Hi @Russell Ammon - try the Greensboro Deal Makers Session. 

it’s a money maker, unfortunately not for you, for them.

It will cost real money but I recommend Ray Alcorn's Deal Makers Guide to Commercial Real Estate.

A few books I've found extremely valuable thus far:The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller (more of a "mindset" book)The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings by Steve BergesHow to Take an Apartment Building from Money Pit to Money Maker by Craig HaskellEmerging Real Estate Markets: How to Find and Profit from Up-and-Coming Areas by David LindahlCurrently, I'm reading Real Estate Finance and Investments by Peter Linneman which is deep dive into commercial finance (the "boring stuff") which I find very interesting.Industry Trends/News:Multifamily Executive MagazineBisnow