Look for other investors that are doing what you are successfully and try to raise the bar or make it your own.

You'll create a statement that says, "we the undersigned, all the members of Foo Bar LLC do hearby appoint Courtney S as the manager of Foo Bar LLC, and authorized her to conduct all business on behalf of Foo Bar LLC."

I've done short sales on 2nd homes and investment properties, so your property being a 2nd home isn't a bar to a short sale.

Even if your house doesn't get the loan modification I gotta think its lowers the bar on the market price for ALL homes.

I said I don't know what you call black, but it's no different now than before you cleaned (last Tuesday) I had a friend in on Sunday, and she remarked about how nice both baths were, and that the light bars, 15 years old, were used in her 3 yo house.

Not to mention a make shift bar-b-q food service business run during the weekends.

Some hillbilly at the bar needs to pay rent, so he sells me one of his shotguns at a huge discount.

I've found my expenses to be 35% but I recognize that might be low compared to the national scene.

I dont have but a few thousand dollars to my name and in just about 3 weeks of talking to some of my friends and random people at bars and co-workers, I have a handful of people that are willing to invest in my business because I sold them my idea and where I want to go.

Barring that having someone who will (do good) work cheap, on the things that are withing their skill level can accomplish the same thing.Even though I lived through the high inflation of the 60s, 70s and 80s I knew that CASH IS KING and paying interest in a sucker's game.