I was actively involved with drum & bugle corps, and ended up being a member of one of the best in the world.

Additionally, I've been hearing the drums beating in the distance about some of these creative financing solutions so I remain somewhat skeptical at this point.

Now you need to drum up the right buyer.From a search engine perspective, changing price does move you back to the top of the search results, so that was a good thing.

SO why all the drum-banging on it?

But hey, keep thinking billionaires are going broke, bang that drum if it makes ya feel good.  

They sometimes even sends some of their people here to drum up business with fake testimonies.  

Usually an "Erickson machine" which is a hand operated drum or "top snake" cable machine will extract a couple handfuls of hair at about 4 to 10 linear feet down the drain.This is the usual fix.If this does not solve your problem I reccomend the services of a professional drain cleaning company.These folks have rolling workshops with drain equipment of every description include fiber optic cameras that can inspect drains as small as 2" in diameter.Choose a firm that strictly specializes in drain cleaning opposed to genral plumbing.These guys solve problems like yours everyday ,,,theres quite a lot to it actually,,,and these guys have seen EVERYTHING believe me,,,Lynn if you indeed have broken remnants of tile or concrete in your shower drain it will be very difficult to correct in a "slab job" house.You may request a technician to attempt vacumning out the remnants with a "wet dry vacumn".He can then a attempt to clear it with a cable machine or a high pressure "Hydro Jetter" machine.If you had a raised foundation house of course you would have the option of a plumber working under the problem area and "chopping out " the section of clogged pipe and replacing it with new material.This is one of the many reasons I do not like nor will I invest in slab houses.Good luck Lynn and hope this helpsDave DoyleLos Angeles

Many responses are from Realtors who are looking for your business, they may actually believe that their market is great, or they may just be trying to drum up business for themselves. 

And it's exactly that that is not being drummed into new investors (and many seasoned investors).There are too many gurus out there preaching to noobs that this is easy money, run the numbers and you can't lose, leverage leverage leverage, never use your own money*, debt is good because it's in an asset and not a car.But none of it revolves around the real world issues of actually being a landlord and what it entails.And it doesn't matter how good your cash reserves are when the market turns (which it will one day) if you are massively leveraged, which you will be.

When I hire a full-time hand I will probably go back to thumbtack just because of the ease of use, in order to drum up more business/jobs for the next hand.