Our dollar has less buying power and thus the price on many goods we import are higher.When the dollar does improve, I think the burst of the oil bubble will be fast and swift.

In spite of all the challenges we have in the world, America is still the land of opportunity and magnificent individual freedoms.

I only have experience with hotel condos in great areas of the magnificent mile in Chicago.  

No vacancy $$ ,  no commission.I prefer to talk to tenant about the property before purchase - I want to hear all the "trash" the owner will try to swift out from under the carpet. 

Get Taylor Swift to do a concert nearby.

Caleb, I think using FHA to buy a quad is a magnificent idea.  

@Carlos Enriquez - I've found a great 2 step program for this sort of problemStep 1: estimate how much money this mistake has/will actually cost you (I'd guess about $5K or less here, couple thousand for eviction and couple thousand in lost rents).Step 2: relish in the fact that you learned a valuable lesson (get estoppel, payment history and leases) for only $5K which is a cheap education compared to the $20K programs that gurus are selling and/or many other forms of "education".Nothing drives a lesson home like a swift kick to the wallet and at the end of the day this should just be a small road bump on a long fruitful journey.

These responsibilities should not be taken lightly and require qualified indivulaes that are competent and act swiftly in all situations.

Meanwhile, not staging will compel a real estate professional to see the property through the eyes of a disappointed prospective buyer, forcing them to lower the proposed asking price before the sales process even begins in earnest.Staging in advance of listing allows for truly magnificent media portrayals of the residence in marketing advertisements, including photos, videos and virtual tours.

However, what I will add here is that, in case folks aren't aware, the co-authors listed (can't tell what they actually contribute since Amazon doesn't give a look inside) are the real estate 'gurus' that @Joshua Dorkin so famously chides throughout the magnificent BP podcasts.