r2d2,In the US (in most states), the age to vote, smoke, and sign contracts is 18. 21 to buy alcohol.

My question is, can I find something for below that price that isn't junk and that I can make a small if not moderate profit from?

It's better to go with a moderate sized loan, like $3-10MM rathern than a small one under that price.

They are pretty moderate now at about 5% a year, but look out for the next 4 years.

The owner also refuses to expand in bringing in new alcohol, new music, more gambling machines, or new events. this would probably bring in $50,000 more each year.

So, should I take the usual route and go to college and study business, or accounting, or medicine, or something else I don't really care about in order to get a moderate-paying job, go out to the suburbs and get a cute little house and get a 9 to 5 job doing crap I don't care about, then come home and watch tv and go to sleep, then wake up the next morning and do it all over again?

IIRC he had netted about 5%-6%/year.BTW, both of these guys did some of their own work, annual painting, some of the appliancce updates etc, during their "off-peak" stays.While we're actively looking for a "second" home in a more moderate climate, both of our places will be strictly for our personal use.all cash

We've been looking into improving our moderation abilities here (software-wise).

Should people report such items so the moderators can take a look?

Uwe, if you looked back to the post that reactivated this old thread, you will see that the moderator had to remove a solicitation from someone who obviously did not read the participation rules, or just did not care about them.