To contrast that I did a open house first part of March and had 12 people.We also have a real estate store in Orange and usually get 1 buyer walk in per day and that went to one in 2 weeks.In my opinion what caused this stall is frustrated buyers tired of competing for properties and sellers who reached too high in pricing their property resulting in a stall.

Back to your main question though concerning deals- constancy is key.

To hit $300 cash flow, you may need to be in a D Prop neighborhood that will create problems and often cause your long term picture to be far less than $300.

The agents have a ton to lose and I hope investors would think of the consequences their actions can cause to others, not just themselves.

Concerns?

One time the children of my tenant pushed the tank every time they sat down and it caused a huge leak which flooded the bathroom and ceiling which resulted in an expensive fix.

Not being sued is pretty straight forward.Treat people fairly and don't do anything causing others harm.About 20 years ago the AMA released a study showing doctors whose patients liked them were sued far less often than doctors whose patients didn't like them.We always liked our tenants, after all they are paying for the assets we will retire on, right?

The Postal Service says that the price jump will only be in effect until it can make up the $2.8 billion in losses that it accrued during a large decrease in mail volume it says were caused by the recession.

I'd be most concerned about how a potential tenant would react to it.

Learn it all, don't go in with a preconceived idea that the material has to be applicable to RE as most won't be initially.It gives a big picture of management concerns in business, you'll probably look at examples from large corporations like GE or Ford and you'll look at small operations.