Nickerson died in 1999.http://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/22/business/william-nickerson-91-writer-of-popular-investment-books.htmlI believe this has been posted in another thread before, but here's NY Times obit of him.

It looks like the actual lenders I've been talking to at first saying that it will be no problem to get the loan considering my status, then after the application process is done, they are coming back with a negative answer from the under writer of the bank. 

.* [My Comments are directed to the writers of this style of Report, not the messengers].

I never wanted renters to write rent checks to me personally, so I set up an s-corp as a mgt co for my properties early on.  

I know it works, since I have been contacted by a writer for The Detroit Free Press for permission to use a post that she found on BP.

I'm terrible at social media but got here looking for info on FortuneBuilders which just swept through town gobbling up check writers.

I am a big letter writer.

Hagerman is a fairly prestigious place to retire, & could easily turn more so, with the years, which would give appreciation of any lots in Hagerman, including ones with trailers on them. ()A writer-friend of Ernst Hemingway lived near Hagerman, as an hide-away, where he did his writing.

I like your early ideas, John...One thing struck me reading a new book by one of my fave real estate writers, Jay P Decima....he noted it was not money but education (that is, practical real estate investing education) that was the biggest obstacle to getting started.

Many writers, forums and blogs, will give you risky ways to do business.