It at least made for entertaining TV.

Fair market rents are generally based on comparable rents in the area of investment but one should use common sense in this evaluation just as one would with comparables to determine the retail value of a subject investment.We call this "Apples to Apples - Oranges to Oranges" evaluation.

Rob K your stories are better than what reality TV has to offer.

Get dressed, head into office, turn on coffee that was set to go the night before, open computer review list of priorities made last night before going to bed, review necessary contacts for the day, begin process of working through priority list.Personally I like to get up make toast and coffee and set myself down in front of the TV.

Before you throw rocks, I am talking about apples to apples bread and butter property.

This is also the "rate" you get while you are saving for your down payment.Mortgage requires 25% down, 20 year note, 8.47% interest (avg for last 30 years)Goal is $100/door cash flow to start so CAP rate is 10.2%S&P 500 Compounded Annual Growth Rate is 11.4% (avg for last 30 years) and you don't pay any fees.You get a 75% match of your savings in the 401(k)All rental cash flow is plowed back into the business (just like reinvesting the dividends/gains received in the 401(k)) to make this an apples-to-apples comparison.After 10 years:The 401(k) would supply you with $843 of monthly incomeRentals only give you $371 of monthly incomeAfter 20 years:The 401(k) would supply you with $3,886 of monthly incomeRentals supply you with $4,209 of monthly incomeAfter 30 years:The 401(k) would supply you with $13,963 of monthly incomeRentals supply you with $34,426 of monthly incomeWhat's really cool is the Net Worth of the investor.

I’m in a little bit of a different position here - I’m not an investor myself, but I’m a TV producer/casting director who’s worked on quite a few real estate/build shows (so it’s sort of adjacent, right?).

I work for Apple Inc. :)

Door hangers Some of the big players also do (30) billboards, (31) radio spots, (32) TV spots and (33) full-page ads in the yellow pages on the internet and in print.

Second, most people watch three hours of TV per day, and then complain because they have no time.