They are not the ones that will be dealing with the effects of your decision.

It must be harder than usual to find motivated sellers as Power of Sale and banks selling for fair market value definitely have their effect on the market for motivated sellers.

Continue to engage and ask questions.

Then they will run out of money and fizzle.A similar effect occurred when Zillow entered the market.

Then look for local chapters and associates list in your area the property is in.The assessment needs to be if residential use can you tear down the building and build new or rehab the building effectively on it's own??

I would not mind getting my feet wet in personal real estate investments so I could be an effective real estate attorney, but I would like to try and learn to be successful at both Flip and Fix and Buy and Hold.Do people tend to specialize in one type of transaction or another?

Mini blinds are pretty cost effective.

For option to be effective an option price must be paid.An option term may expire on a scheduled rate over a term.

What effects would a change to commercial bring?

@Todd Scripter , whether people have direct experience with this "guru" or not, I can assure you most people on this site would say to save your money and spend a weekend reading the forum and the blog, listening to the podcast and engaging with others.