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Christy, the reason I am learning about the real estate market right now is because I am actively investing in the stock market and am also considering the options market. I write a free investment newsletter that provides unbiased research about stocks and my website also covers some of the basics of stock investing.

When I first started, had I known what I know now about investing in stocks, I would have been richer by tens of thousands of dollars. I realized that there are two ways to learn. The long, hard and slow way of learning from experience (which is an excellent way to learn) or the smarter and hopefully faster way from other people who are willing to share their experience (either through books, on a forum or in person).

SamGreen made a very wise comment about mistakes shortening the length of your investing career. So instead of sitting around, I am trying to learn about a different field of investing (real estate) long before I plan to take the plunge.

It feels like the internet bubble all over again. I did make a negative call on the stock in my January stock investing newsletter and it fell almost $100 in the ensuing month.

Unless the company addresses concerns of "Click Fraud" and comes out with innovative new products, I just do not see how it can continue to go up.

Bryan, there is actually one way to go short on real estate. You can either go short the home builders like Toll Brothers or St Joe or you can short a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) or ETF.

Going short is highly risky and with REITs or ETFs, you may also be stuck with paying high dividends is you hold your short position for a long time. Buying put options could limit the risk to some extents while achieving much of the same results.

Yes it looks like the majority of response has been negative. However it is still in beta stage and there is a possibility that they will be able to improve on it. For now, I am going to stick with Yahoo Finance. :D

So it looks like while pursuing the dual goals of "do no evil" and "get a
piece of every pie", Google decided to launch Google Finance today and you
can check it out at

http://finance.google.com/finance

To see what financial bloggers (including yours truly) are saying about
Google Finance, check out this discussion on the internet stock blog at

http://internetstockblog.com/article/7947

Same here. I use GoDaddy as well and have been very happy with them. Even if the domain name you want is taken, you can get creative or choose domain names that end in something other than .com.

With the proliferation of porn, I was happy that I was able to get SINLetter.com when I launched my website last year. A good example of creative naming is http://del.icio.us the online bookmarking website that was purchased by Yahoo. People in the TV business are going with .tv and people in the music business sometimes choose domain names ending in .fm.

Thanks Bryan. It looks like this kind of insight is only possible after you get your feet wet.

Bryan, how would you define a good deal? Among the 10 leads that you look at, what are the factors that make you decide to make an offer on one.

I am still trying to learn all I can before embarking upon the first and hardest deal. Maybe waiting a little until prices stop going downwards and stabilize a little would be a good idea.

The problem with eChecks at this point is that they are quite expensive for business owners. Now that banks process checks electronically (your physical check no longer goes anywhere once it reaches the bank), I would think rates would come down.

Picking payments up may work if you have few renters. For a larger operation this might not be a feasible idea. Having a big late fee could provide an incentive to renters to pay on time.

Its relatively simple Jedi. Login to Gmail and click on the "Settings" link in the upper right hand corner.

Select the "Accounts" tab and click on the link "Add another email address". Follow the steps and you will be sent a verification email to your other email account ([email protected] for example). Verify and then return to the accounts tab.

Your new email address should show up and you can now click on the "make default" link.

If you do not have an email addresses with your own domain or a website address, it is relatively easy to set it up.