To quote the advice of one of my high school sages: "Ascertain the one thing you would do, even without compensation...and  just do it." Lord knows I have certainly been around the block when it comes to real estate.  At the age of 20, I bought my first house.  Since then, I have been a first-time homebuyer, landlord, renovator, builder and an accomplished seller. However, by no means was any of it ever  easy…if anything, suffice to say it wa... Show more