Watched the videos and webinars.

Trowels are designed to put the proper amount of mortar under the tile, so you need to watch a youtube video or two on proper technique.  

Watch "[url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104348/]Glengarry Glen Ross" sometime.

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I certainly believe that different people absorb differently, some may learn from watching others from reading a boring text book.

If they take too much of my income, I'll just stop working and sit back and watch the telly and let Uncle Sam support me as the USA goes down the sewer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

As David mentioned if you have hundreds of units you can make a little money with volume.I focus on my own investments and brokering deals as that is the highest and best use of my time over anything else I could be doing ROI wise.Christopher with just a few houses you have to watch out for residential agents cutting you a deal on the side to manage your houses while they wait on a regular deal to close.You want a management company that has systems and processes in place to protect your investment as much as possible as that takes infrastructure, training, etc. where the PM company has to charge certain fees to survive.If you have time you can do it yourself but if you are making hundreds per hour doing other activities then it pays to factor in PM costs and have someone else do it.I don't see you finding a PM person to take care of "all the s&*t" for you and you do the easy part and give them a small fee in return.

Watch me go!

You don't have time to be watching TV anyway.