It has been a pleasure reading new post from people with experience in the industry.  

If $50 a month for an easy to use service that's tailored to your industry is too much, this may not be the right time to get into this business.  

In a very short amount of time, I’ve learned so much about the industry and, more importantly, myself as an investor (what I’m comfortable with, good at, and would enjoy doing).

Payday loan industry exists because people are desperate for money now but are charged >600%APR to get that easy money.

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I've worked in several different industries throughout my working life.

Stepping into the shoes of the insurance company is to my mind "self insuring", although as you pointed out, the insurance industry has different terminology for it, perhaps to exclude the notion that anyone but a regulated insurance company can officially insure something.

However anyone owning a building near public transportation will be ahead of the game while the suburbs are going to dry up only bc im the only person I know who wants to own a nice big house with a yard and the red neck in me will build a bigger garage in the back but most of these young people who don't want to buy they all want to rent so they aren't tied down and can travel and than live down town with a short commute to work...Everyone has there own opinion but me I think that an out of the money call option on apple would be a better value than an 800k townhouse in some ex industrial area of Jersey or wherever it was because I already know the places with the good school districts and easy commute to nyc they were over built 10 years before I was even born so basically if you can afford it buy where you KNOW it is desirable AND If not it is a gamble at this point.

I'm a new member who is so passionate about the real estate industry.

Obviously it grows more quickly in warmer conditions, but mold damage can get costly to remove and isn't always covered in insurance policies as Mold/Fungus is a standard exclusion in the industry.