Personally, I really enjoy my non- real estate friends, because it's a nice break-- no talk about houses, tenants,  drama--it's kinda like a flash back to the simple life!

Flash forward, for the past 4+ years I've been working as a full time real estate agent for a top team in eastern Massachusetts (typically we will work within an hour of the city if it makes sense).

To install them, you do drill right through the asphalt shingles, but any reputable installer also installs high quality metal flashing over every penetration to prevent leaking.

This should be printed 100 point bold with flashing letters.  

Folks thoughts I was crazy, but the data was like a flashing arrow pointing to America’s Heartland.I took all the money I had left and set up shop in Omaha (virtually) in July of 2017, with the goal of buying 100 long-term properties and retiring.

News flash, if a profile for a 20 year old kid was created yesterday, has no reviews, and they live locally, I would decline that request, they’re trying to throw a party.

I am betting there will be a flurry of fee models of every type, shape and kind, and 95% will be flash in the pan's fast to failure. 

You selectively mention some inflammatory flash-points, like your wife having insecurities or being envious of time you spend taking care of your ill mother - while failing to emphasize any of your own faults or contributions to the relationship.

That it is not his own personal "turn-key" or "wholesale-flash-deal" property? 

You tell people with some money to spend that it's possible, you flash some hefty cash-on-cash return numbers their way, and they'll buy these places and believe that everything's going to be fine.