I've learned that you have to show respect to earn it.Luckily I do know how they act and what to expect.

How likely is it that something would change in the market that would prevent you from being able to earn a consistent income at this?

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.

If your company is organized as an LLC or an s-corporation, then any income earned just passes through to the owners of the LLC anyway.

While I agree that real estate can earn you and income where as gold or silver can not.

Might be a good way to earn some capital during college to make a purchase wherever you land after college.

Investors who buy these notes aren't interested in earning 5%.

Whether the seller, the listing agent or a cooperating selling agent finds an acceptable buyer, the listing agent will earn the sales commission.

Interesting, Darren, my definition is very close to yours, but I'd say there is another important element, the quality of the information given.To me, the derogatory use of the term is applied to those that add fluff, exaggerations, aspects that while may be technically correct but are highly improbable to replicate or simply put out bad advice with no consideration to ethical issues.I make that distinction because, some professor in some university teaching a real estate course or some instructor in a state approved real estate school for agents isn't a guru, they are teachers and instructors.The difference in being a non-guru teacher is two fold, 1. the materials taught are compliant with rules, regulations, laws, accepted in practice and are based in sound applications of the business; and 2. they are qualified by education and experience, by education that has some professional level that is determined by proof of their mastering a level of knowledge, testing and degrees earned or certifications by proper authorities in the industry or academia.

The income of the business is taxed, though dividends issues to the shares owned by the retirement plan would be tax deferred.You could potentially establish such a corporation for your real estate business, so long as you will be actively engaged in earned income producing activities like wholesaling, flipping or new development.