If this site provided a whole bunch of free scripts and marketing materials and other resources that all the other sites are charging for then maybe it would attract a lot more members.Don't be offended for me asking for what others may be to afraid to ask for.

Many businesses are gone, more are going under, vacancy rates in commercial retail, office, and industrial are rising, property owners are struggling to retain and attract tenants, and values continue to reduce.

Something that will attract attention.

I tried to market them as a live in one side and have the renter pay your mortgage but that did not attract any buyers of substance.The other challenge right now is to find a bank that will loan on the low cost rental properties.

If I can keep marketing cost low and attract enough attention to fill a reasonable number of seats there should be at least a small profit from the event.

The moment you go soft and "lose your edge" is the day you need to get out of the real estate business, IMO.Due to the large sums of money involved, from the price of real estate itself, the availability to leverage, financing, legal, and others, you have to stay on your toes or you stand to lose a lot of money since the money itself will attract snake-oil salesmen and con artists.You must assume everything is a lie, whether you're a landlord, a potential buyer on a house, etc.

OTOH, they had lanai's that you could look straight down from and watch the sea turtles, so I guess the appliances weren't the main attraction.

Remember their techniques at these events are to attract the masses.

They're also popular for prostitutes.You simply cannot apply the same "legalities" that we live and breathe to this "business".

For Japanese investors, this makes US goods cheaper (they have to sell fewer yen to buy dollars to invest in US goods), and therefore more attractive as investments.