We are the Capitalists. . .Yippee!

so you can get teams in there to rehab/rebuild then you have to overcome the public stigma of said area to get actual tenants or buyers to pay for these housesand when all that is done, you have to show a profit....From a capitalist perspective, this is a money loserfrom a philanthropic perspective, there are more efficient ways to help and when the government gets involved and it's called gentrification

Often they will get to know their tenants, the landlord's inner compassion often rules supreme over their inner capitalist.

This works great in a capitalistic system.

People in America who are on the Capitalist side of the spectrum tend to fair well nowadays.Nice chart! 

And I KNOW the "if we didn't do it, someone else will..." but I guess I'd rather be able to sleep at night than be that much of a capitalist.

If it's not a situation where everyone wins, then something is very wrong.Otherwise, as long as my company name isn't involved in the deal, then more power to you - go forth, be a capitalist, and prosper.Brokers who balk at the idea of their agents making money in real estate without them are either greedy, or scared because they don't understand anything beyond a "traditional" sale.In Seattle, I would highly suggest looking into the local REIA - aka REAPS.

If you were to go full bore capitalist on this, you'd give people a set amount of free "prospects" and give them the option to purchase more. ;-) Some here would see the value to prospecting online and would pay for it and the recipients of the prospects would not have their inbox interfered with.

Do you want to attract individual investors, real estate investment groups, venture capitalists, or private equity firms?

In a capitalist society where people compete to have better or more than the next person, you need someone with a lower socioeconomic status to make the higher one possible.