All Forum Posts by: Karen Parker

Thanks John. I've never been much for holding back. I know they're trying, with the Fairness Doctrine, to get rid of our free speech, but the last I heard I think we still have it.

I read that he had produced a birth certificate.

I'm really sick of hearing about the race issue. How do those people account for those blacks that don't want their country turned over to a Socialist? Obama is just the continuation of what this country has seen since Reagan left office (and Reagan was a break from the norm) which is more big government and fewer rights for the individuals in this country. You would think after fighting for their rights for so long that the black population of all groups was have shunned such an extremist. But it was the whites that voted for race, right?

Well I guess I'm in. The 'Good Ol Boy' that got us in this mess was Clinton. The originator of de-regulating the financial instititions and passing legislation to let people who could not afford mortgages have them. While I am not a huge Bush fan, neither am I a McCain fan (a Socialist is a Socialist is a Globalist is a Communist) give credit where credit is due. But I too, am outraged that a man (and I use that term loosely) who just mortgaged the entire country to Communist China would get anything but court martialled.

Forget the popcorn. Pass me a firearm.

I made the mistake on my first rehab of only looking at the capital gains. I took a high interest loan with the intent of flipping the home and making a big profit. Being new, I didn't think about things like market fluctuations and the possibility of a mass exodus of lenders that would prevent anyone that even wanted to buy my home from doing so. So now, I am still sitting on a property that I cannot rent for as much as the payment is on it and am still being bled to death by this property. Always take into cconsideration capital gains AND cashflow. You may not be able to sell when you want and be forced to rent. Or you may have to sell unexpectantly when you had no plans of doing so. Make sure you always have a reasonable exit strategy.

My name is Karen and I'm a real estate investor in the Tampa Bay area. I look forward to networking and learning more from the group.