It is very time consuming.

Not only will your reputation be on the line, but there is an expectation that you treat consumers honestly and fairly.

For greatest stability, aim for no consumer debt and a primary home paid in full.

." - Napoleon HillThe reasons that I am reaching out to you are as follows:I look into everyone’s profile and for lack of a better word immediately “envied” the ways in which many of you have gone about presenting yourselves, your current objectives, and also your short term & future goals tooI only want to pattern my business & it’s practice after extremely successful examplesSince rejoining the community of BP I have been constantly & consistently blown away by the quality & quantity of advice and or assistance that is given by others in this community of investors & other real estate professionalsMy gut told me that this is the best site for this outcry and to definitely take full advantage of this platform It was made instantly clear to me that I would learn a great deal from all of you.

On top of that I have a descent amount in traditional investment platforms for when I turn 65. 

Restrictions may be implemented in an effort to restrict fraudulent transactions but, so long as the end consumers allow personal emotions into both the buying and selling of homes, there will always be inefficiencies in the market place and room for profit.Large banks may wish to limit competition and generally want larger returns but its impossible to control or manipulate the entire marketKeep building and closing dealsGarrett

What does lenders expect a consumer to do with their remaining 60% of income?

I think the market has become much more consumer-friendly, where it's rare to have to pay prepayment penalties if you refi or sell within so many years, you're allowed to pay extra payments directly to lower your principal instead of extra payments going partially to interest (like they still do on my son's student loans which drives me nuts) and fees are much more transparent than they used to be.     

I'd rather go in the office tomorrow, in a suit and let the broker know I want to work as an unpaid intern and that "I'll do difficult, time-consuming work so you're able to concentrate on more revenue-related pursuits" and "I just have to be taught it, and I'm intuitive.

That's from one of the major platforms, Realforeclose.com,  that does online auctions for 100's of different counties around the country.