I really could not understand the first guy.. and I don't know what the heart burn is about Jim is simply broker selling real estate.. and brokers in his type of business use all sorts of advertising.when my wife takes a listing it auto populates to like 25 sites.. its part of being a full service brokerage.. at least in the retail end of things.. in the distressed space we did door knock.. as so many distressed owners simply would not respond to anything other than someone talking to them belly to belly.. but out here on the west coast most of those techniques are now illegal as it relates to distressed ( in foreclosure ) assets.

(Btw, also auto corrected your name earlier, sorry about that).Bjorn Ahlblad, how funny!

The hunter flips to full auto and starts firing.

(like we still have it with sub prime auto loans and student loans though) Of course there will be another downturn eventually, but it will most likely not be due to an over inflated housing market.

Every renter I have done business with has an address to send their payment.If you check your local renter laws, I believe you can have OPTIONS for the tenants such as (pay on-line, auto pays or PO Box address) for them to pay their rent.

This year, I was able to use the line of credit secured against the cash value of my life insurance policy to successfully acquire a duplex, a SFH, and pay off my auto loan.

We know the auto manufacturing jobs that the city was built on aren’t likely coming back so is there something else happening there that you see reversing the downward spiral?

Auto-thermostats adjust the temp so your AC isn’t constantly running in between guests, your floor isnt getting constant wear and tear, people hardly ever use the appliances, I think it will be pretty easy to show down the road that the little bit of extra work it takes to get a property staged and up and running is more than worth it.

We also use Cozy to auto collect our rents on both duplexes.

This area is very much "blue collar" and dependent on the auto industry so watching what's happening there might give a little more insight into what the next 12 months could look like for the real estate market.