Perception is reality: my sphere knows me already as someone different; a friend, a goofball, a corporate manager, their boss lol - etc its difficult to "overwrite" how they view me.

Lolthats very perceptive.. were would those markets be without all these highly organized sales organizations bringing in money from all over the country and the world.. were would they be with only local organic investors. ???  

@Laura Cardenas Couldn’t Agree more, I definitely have a different perception after reading the posts.

What may be skewing your perception is your think of Self-Employed persons, say a plumber, electrician etc., who strike out on own as a "business".

I can easily construct a scenario where the PM did absolutely nothing wrong despite your current perception.

so i think it's perceptive of you to notice. 

Perception matters in business. 

The average doctor doesn’t have a clue how to manage money and I am continually amazed at the societal misperception of the level of wealth of doctors as a cohort.

Then you should have nothing to worry about.For many years now we have been telling investors to use their own expense deductions when calculating a return on investment.Our marketing team only quotes the “hard costs” as in - taxes, insurance and property management fees.We suggest discounting another 15% from the bottom line for maintenance and vacancy but I’d much prefer for everyone to OVERESTIMATE the expenses and UNDERESTIMATE the income using their own calculations.If the numbers work out then, the investment might be worth pursuing further.Classifying areas can sometimes get convoluted.Since I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth and consider myself a working class guy, my perception of B class might be someone’s of “Z class” lolMy advice to all is to visit town and see the areas for themselves.I’m confident they will be impressed.Especially if they have already toured other markets with similar price points to ours.Real estate is a rollercoaster of a ride and as much as we want to make it hands off/passive.

Although there is usually a perception that paying more gives you more, it can also be a false reality.