. - Right, but I don't think there is anything wrong with your observations, and your experience my be repeatable in the short term if the other factors remain about the same.Sometimes actual experiences are more relevant than statistical/analytical rules.

Adam F,The IRS will check statistics of reasonable compensation for that field.

Concur with Michael Quarles - we use first-class stamps on all our letters but don't consider the type of stamp to have much statistical relevance.From a marketing standpoint, your various campaigns should be designed to work together as a system.

Good luck - Ned I saw a presentation last night and they guy had statistics on housing in the U.S.

Such a statistical long shot.

Area statistics show we should be shopping in the $150-$250 ARV range, as the median home price falls here and right now they have low DOM in most areas.

You can do tests with as few as 500, but the smaller the count, the lower the statistical relevance to the larger market.

I am only 38 so I am not close to retirement.Being that my income comes from brokering commercial real estate transactions I am not like others working a job where they worry about layoffs as you mentioned and transferring to a lower paying job etc.I did read a statistic a few years back that said on average I believe about 70 to 80 percent change careers every 5 to 7 years.

I'm wondering where you got those statistics from?

For me it is about 25K a year in added net.I know from many previous posts that you are a statistics kind of guy.