Then, let the Realtor work for you, they are experts, let them do what they get paid to do.Here is a shameless, but probably futile plug.....not sure where you are located, but if you are in Minnesota, look me up as I only work with investment buyers!

If there is any action to sell the property you will get paid off first.John Corey

It might work as a numbers game (do enough deals and the duds are paid for by the winners).

Some of the themes that are available out there, especially the paid one, are so good that you can't tell that the site is a blog.I would stick with the wordpress blog.

When the property is in foreclosure the bank is still only the lender and is not the owner.Recognizing the subtle differences is important when you are working short sales, foreclosures, REOs and other ways to buy and sell.By extension a bird dog is operating illegally if they are trying to be paid based on the successful completion of a RE transaction between a buyer and seller where the bird dog is not a principal.

Operating expenses include taxes, insurance, management, maintenance, vacancy expenses, advertising, utilities paid by the owner (at least during vacancies, rehab, etc), evictions, court costs, entity maintenance, legal fees, common area upkeep, lawn care, snow removal, office supplies, damage done by the tenants (in excess of the deposit), lawsuits, capital expenses (although not technically an operating expense), etc, etc, etc.

Dividends from the investment have been handled painlessly.

How does a wholesaler, do deals with other wholesalers' and still get paid?

Takeover of new accounts, as well as disposition of properties when a mgmt contract ends is very time consuming.In regards to your comment about paying handymen...I have done it both ways, that is, I have had "in-house" staff that performed most repairs, and yes, we charged the owner's more than we paid the employees, but our "net" was less than $5 per hour after workers comp insurance and all the other things that go along with it.

From what you say, I'm guessing you paid about $75K six years ago.