The handyman business there is a racket and the guys are busy nonstop, I called about 10 guys an only 2 could show up the same day or within a 2 day period.I am going to be using strict calculations to account for all the things you mentioned. 

(or live there for the required time as a va, but you can't keep doing that every 2 yrs say, without them thinking you are running a racket)  Would you be able to invest without selling? 

I love the business, I love selling, I love working with people, but I just didn't get into this racket with enough startup capital. 

And yes, all the Western governments are converging toward the exact same system that China is moving toward at an alarming rate, with "public-private partnerships" becoming rackets where the commercial sector and the government present a united front to squeeze the life out of people who are not connected to the oligarch class. 

You should post this on Medium but I’m sure those in the RE education business (arguably racket) would attempt to undermine the knowledge you shared today.I’ve been doing this for 20+ years and knowing what I am and when I’m in the other categories has enabled me to be relatively successful in Real Estate.

The heavy up will be with a licensed contractor.I live in a state where licensing is kinda a racket and I come from one without licensing at all, so I'm a bit curmudgeonly, I admit. 

It's not like reputable hard money lenders are running some secret racket where you find out nothing was as it seems.

The quarterly, annual, electronic keys, continuing education does get a little old, but the agent game is still a great racket if you are actually able to put deals together.

It's a bit of a racket.

I can't shake the feeling that this is bit of a racket, especially given a) the infrequent issues and b) the low, low cost of fixing the majority of problems.