A lot of these concepts are foreign to me and you all have consistently helped me break the ice and learn new things!

Congrats also on doing a solo deal belly to belly with the seller.A couple of my takeaways as a dusty old LL thinking more of selling than buying these days-1) When you sell a property in a different market as an absentee owner, you may be a motivated seller and get creamed by a local investor. 2) Don't accept VA or FHA loans from your buyer.

Please send me a "My Suger Pie" sugar cream pie from the same company name in Zionsville IN.

I'll say too, that a money guy who never really gets involved, just writes a check and shows up is not the entrepreneur of the deal, thier assessment of the deal is as a lender, covering thier interests, don't count that function twice as underwriting the money and the overall success of the project, that's like selling the ice cream and then charging for keeping it frozen.And, in all fairness, I'd say that any profits remaing, unassigned by function, would be split 50/50, the value of being together in a partnership, might say the cost of putting up with each other!

Some ideas in my head are - Clothing, Jewelry, Stationary, Organic Foods, Global ethnic products to sell locally, Outdoor Sports, Coffee shop, Yogurt or Ice Cream Shop.I was thinking I could visit some of the local colleges and just market that I have the space for the right person/ biz plan.

Some of those answers sound like you might want to get a massive ice cube right now, one that won't melt until 2012.Take it in your garage, stand on it, put a noose around your neck and wait patiently for 2012 to come along.

Years ago I was looking into doing an ice skating rink, and found all types of information.

I was a painter interior designer for 10 years 15 years ago, and we painted brick often in black semi-gloss paint with cream stucco. and black trim.

Originally posted by "gwh":Looking for property locators across US for deals in the 1 million and up range. please PM me you info.thanksLots of folks looking for ice water in hell and about as likely to serve your needs I fear.

At $1800, I would still make $400 a month so anything above that would be icing on the cake.I countered back with $2150.