The best way to work smart is to hire others to do things for you.The importance of the skill of hiring employees and outsourcing tasks cannot be overstated.

Less for you to worry about and can save you time to work on more important tasks that can generate more income. 

Zillow, Craigslist, etc.) to take care of this mind-numbing task for you.

You can decide what you want to pay for a particular task and then post your job.

Asset managers are reluctant to try new agents if they have good relationships with existing agents, because it could cost them their job if tasks are not performed correctly.

So, it enhances everyone's learning curve.

High debt levels relative to equity, combined with looming loan maturities and expiring interest rate caps, have made refinancing a daunting task for many property owners.

If I fail and we go to a divestment of interest issue, then it is easy to quantify fees, I have an enhanced closing schedule I follow.As the perfect storm continues to brew in the Midwest and California, and we continue to see the peak of the reset dates grow closer and closer, it only makes sense that the banks would start footing the bill for Home Retention services.

Activities such as: - Searching for possible rental properties - Attending real estate seminars or reading real estate books - Meeting with real estate agents and viewing properties - Meeting with mortgage brokers with regards to getting loans on properties - Travel time to and from the seminars and your property searches - Preparing your bookkeeping and tax information for your rental properties - Time spend buying or selling properties (i.e. signing the closing documents) - Studying and reviewing financial reports (Investor-type) - Preparing summaries or analyses for personal use (Investor-type) - Monitoring finances or operation in a non-managerial capacity (Investor-type) An important note to the investor-type activities mentioned above is that these activities can only be counted towards real estate professional time if you are involved in the day-to-day operations or management of the activity for which you perform those tasks.

Activities such as: - Searching for possible rental properties - Attending real estate seminars or reading real estate books - Meeting with real estate agents and viewing properties - Meeting with mortgage brokers with regards to getting loans on properties - Travel time to and from the seminars and your property searches - Preparing your bookkeeping and tax information for your rental properties - Time spend buying or selling properties (i.e. signing the closing documents) - Studying and reviewing financial reports (Investor-type) - Preparing summaries or analyses for personal use (Investor-type) - Monitoring finances or operation in a non-managerial capacity (Investor-type) An important note to the investor-type activities mentioned above is that these activities can only be counted towards real estate professional time if you are involved in the day-to-day operations or management of the activity for which you perform those tasks.