In fact, it was clear to policy-makers that there wasn't enough gold in the system. 

Luckily with the volume we buy we have access to direct decision makers which really helps with inventory of good deals around the country.

Bought for very little,  can resell for a pretty sizable gain,  hard to turn extra money away, has been a good money maker with low vacancy. 

When I was a kid that would mean we had recess indoors because taking a breath of outside air could be as bad as smoking a cigarette, or standing downwind of a fire.

Real estate is a wonderful profession, but be the deal maker, not the laborer.

-Study civil engineering-get an engineering job that pays good money-save said money to buy real estate-make real estate investing way easier for yourself-?????

It was his first time being a landlord and it happened to be during the start of a pandemic with tenants that were struggling to make rent...which was not disclosed during the selling process.

Rima and I keep people out of trouble with the highly-regulated toxic and hazardous materials - asbestos, lead, VOCs, soil and groundwater contamination, plus indoor air quality and the almost unregulated mold.  

Deals are found working directly with motivated decision makers.

Some part time agent doing a couple million in volume who is making a 50% split might not have the same empowerment to make it work either from the numbers or from their brokerI hear ya Russell but then you have a sale fail and they get nothing. also in our market the HIGHEST split in the market is a 75/25 to the broker.. 50/50 went the way of the dodo bird about 25 years ago out west LOL.. that's why a small brokerage out here is not a money maker.. lucky to break even as the owner running 50 agents.. the agents that build big teams and get that 50/50 with the new agent those guys make more than the owners of the shop  all day long.