change what you do, how you do it, little things where you live...maybe switch the furniture around, do things differently than you normally do.

Also, if a broker is too busy to commit all his time to a certain listing and he lets me do the leg work (taking measurements, pictures, putting it on mls, negotiating, etc) would it be considered normal for that broker to get a cut of the final commission?

Even normal deals sometimes have an out or town buyer or seller involves.

Wouldn't you normally take out a loan for a real estate investment?

Is that something normally done in real life (especially in TX)?

In many ways they should have gone up a long time ago as they normally stay about the short term rate.When people talk about falling bond prices and rising yields that is a signal that you will see rising mortgage rates fairly quickly after the bond movements.John Corey

Yes, they are making a big mistake because they are going to lose a bunch of money (which is opposite the normal purpose of an investment).OK.

Emails are even quicker, normally within the 1/2 hour since God's blessed us with the technology of the Treo (mobile emails).

When I put the property under contract, is this done with an attorney present like a normal closing or do I just have the seller and I sign the contract?

Your city is normally the one who sets licensing standards.At the state level there are restrictions on being a property manager for a property you do not own.