They are either fresh out of college and never held as much as a hammer in their hand, or they have a wife breathing down there neck, but who won't pick up a paintbrush herself.

I recall this story - they would smoke in the stairwell and holdtheir breath, run to his office and blow the smoke under the door to piss off the other guy!

A big part of the problem is this: The market became a living, breathing celebrity that everyone wanted to be a part of.

I'm not trying to be a long term landlord right now, just short term to get an equity grab so I can have a little breathing room.

My husband lives and breathes by forums and he helped me find BP.

I wont hold my breath though.

You can outline a plan to show how intend to grow quickly by bringing in investors, partners, JV’s and through savvy acquisitions or something.A real breath of honesty and a demonstration of your market savvy would to be to add a SWOT analysis.

Hi, Scott -- can you clarify, as saying "portfolio lending" and "FNMA" in the same breath seems a bit confusing.

Some people like their privacy and do not want others casually searching to see what they paid for the house they are buying from you so you are allowed to put in $1.You are not getting screwed :) They just don't want the neighbors to know their biz.The amount can still be found out (in most cases) but harder to find.And no - it doesn't make any difference that there isn't a mortgage (makes it even harder for someone to find out).As Eddie said - no lawyer here but breathe easy over the weekend.

So he giveth and then taketh away in almost one breath.