:lol: Ok, you can fish in the Midwest, but that's it.Originally posted by "**********":I don't think anyone is impressed with the current political environment and I think we the people have a lot more in common, than not in common.I'm sure we do.

Subsequently, brokerage houses will need to focus on creating environments for agents that encourage self-promotion, self-branding, and independent client acquisition.

I think we will see more of the same but all that could change depending on the political environment.

Despite a global pandemic and one of the most tumultuous economic environments in modern history, this group of Angelenos has done surprisingly well in the past year, reflected in the Journal’s “2020 list of Wealthiest Angelenos.”

This is a matter of being a product of ones environment. 

Other not so credible hard money lenders acquire them from investors like you that are under capitalized going into their deal, borrow too much money from the lender at terms that they find themselves unable to repay timely, and the lender forecloses on the property and the investor loses it.The beauty of the capitalist environment we all enjoy in the USA is that there are an abundance of different service providers in this hard money space, with a vast number of  different programs and terms available. 

We are currently living in an environment where the Realtor's lobby have managed to pass laws that are anti-competitive and because of that they have managed to keep the price of their services at a pretty high level.

Thanks for a conducive environment to learn and grow BP. 

Make use of your environment and what you have to survive.Regular items such as guns and knives are classified as  weapons and as such are not allowed in many venues around where you live.

On the second part about being fair-- nothing creates a better working environment then a fair customer and nice customer.