Remember that in addition to the "normal" expenses encountered with ownership in these properties you will have more breakage on furniture, dishes, sheets, towels (you will be providing all of that) and it's not like a rental across town that you can pop in to fix a garbage disposal, replace a bad fridge etc.

Let's see: Exercise the dog, rake the leaves and trash up, do the dishes, clean the house, do the laundry (including changing and remaking the beds) wash and gas up the van...Oh, a biggie---get my computer to work better and faster.

I'm involved in all facets of real estate, from residential, land and commercial brokerage, to real estate land development, new home construction, the occasional renovation and enjoy real estate investing of all sorts, primarily buy and hold large land tracts.

I look forward to meeting all of you, and hopefully having the opportunity to share occasional thoughts.Jack

Will there be the occasional lack of gratitude, sure, but I'll ask again.

As collateral, I can use 80% of FMV of any stocks or CD's, 90% of cash value life insurance, 90% of assessed value of my properties minus loan balances OR 80% of appraised value of my properties minus loan balances.I thought it was interesting that they will allow discounted collateral off of either the appraised value or assessed value, because there can be a huge disparity between the two (and assessed values are almost never accurate in my area).This particular lender will also occasionally do commercial loans on residential properties, but they will only do a couple of those normally (which is why I'm going for a BLOC).I am working on pulling my stuff together for them, so we'll see how this shakes out and how much I can get approved for...

Together with all of the following items; curtains and rods, window coverings, wall-to-wall carpeting, mirrors, lighting and plumbing fixtures, ceiling and attic fans, satellite dish, antenna, installed heating and air conditioning units with controls, shrubbery and all other property owned by the Seller and attached to the above described real property.3: SALES PRICE:A.

Hello John,You might want to get in touch with John Schaub in Sarasota,Florida.Hes a log time investor with a good reputation who does occasional seminars.Try a Google search.He's the real deal and can save you lots of time.Good guy too.Might want to contact Jack Miller in Tampa,very knowlegable guy who also teaches.Best Regards,Dave Doyle

But, Nick...Be careful about listening to meabout that wealth building stuff...As I wear shorts and tshirts (occasionally jeans, when I wanna dress up) and have long hair...Guys like me and my friends could "no way" no anything about this sorta thing...:)We don't dress the part...

My family and I occasionally still go to the battlefields from time to time.