Just like you advised him.Now is not the time to fight an ideological battle.Good Luck and hopefully that agent gets some deals and allows you to buy them!

I kind of get the sense "he's too big" and the difference is showing, in both attitude and overall ideology between us.

Not everyone is cut off8) Ideology - Many people feel debt and leverage is bad!

[i think your coming at this from an ideological point of view, and that's fine.] but if i did that i wouldn't be able to make payments. right now i qualify for ibr [income based repayment plan] with payments of zero.  

Rich:Notice that ex-Soros Quantum Fund partner Jim Rogers is now an ex-pat living in Singapore because of what he fears for this country -- this very same country that gave him the opportunity to earn his money.ACORN has been hijacked by those clever enough to manipulate it for profit, regardless of ideology, and so far they're pretty succesful at it.Next time you attend a foreclosure sale bring a trunkful of your books and give 'em away -- maybe you can generate your own positive spin!

Tea Party Republicans are now at a stage of calling out and unseating RINOs and are bringing Libertarian ideology into the party.

If the House/Senate and local lawmakers refuse to get behind the political ideology of the President, nothing significant can be changed.

@Brandon Turner  They taught me in history class that the cold war was an ideological battle between the free capitalist world and the communists.

In layman's terms,  I always practice and make use of an ideology.

If you can make politics profitable for you, I say go for it.Most people however, alienate part of the market share by pushing their personal ideology.