An echo from the past, to remind us of the possible future...http://www.youtube.com/watch?

Watch the nasty fumes and wear gloves with that acetone - it's nasty stuff.

Something to watch for with HELOC and doing sub 2 is: HELOC stand for "Home Equity Line Of Credit", and a line of credit is usually "open ended".

That's also a good way to find buyers...if your watching the REO's on the mls, you can follow them along until they sell and see who is buying them up.

Watching some infomercials and found a very neat tool, the Versacut, a swiss army hand saw (tile, circular, table, and chop).I am looking to get my first tool set, and noticed that this would be easier to haul and use than a bunch of different items in a bag.

Make sure you view the "general information" and the "certificate process".You don't need to know everything there is to know about investing but you do need to know everything about what your investing in.Things to watch out for:Minimum depositesDates for all cut -offs for money and bidsThe starting interest rate on the certificatesTypes of auctions (bid down, premiums, ect)Do you have the righ of ownership if when the redemption period is overRedemption periods*note* If you don't know the property you are bidding on, don't bid on it.

Watch out for those sneaky people J.

Paranormal activity is the direct result of a huge marketing ploy to get people to watch/buy movies and buy Halloween costumes and candy.

Hope to watch you grow as an investor here on the forums.

He and I have both watched 100s of investors, experienced and not-so-experienced, get swallowed up in places offering 2% to 4% rent to cost ratios often in places like Detroit or Flint.