I got into this business so that I could better dictate how my hours are spent.

In the end, the really good companies - and there are several in the states that you listed although I am not 100% of the options in the northeast - will have spent time and dollars to build a team, systems and processes meant to provide service to their clients.

I have 4 rentals and I have spent the last years managing the business(hap hazardly or passively) and some grad school work.

The IRS wont give you back $1 for those 6 miles you spent 1 minute writing off.

I spent a lot of time online reading articles, attended some note conferences and asked a lot of how-and-why questions here on BP.

I spent all day countering back at the original acceptance price, and they drop their counter 1-2k each time.

I have lived in southern California for the past six years, and before that I spent the last twenty years in Kansas City.

Best $4.55 an hour I've ever spent.

Also new here, living in Plymouth now but I spent 5 years in Scituate!

I've spent years educating myself and feel like I know what I'm doing.