One chinese drywall purchase will take all your future prfits for a long time.

I also try to read other books, that are well documented, i.e; Culture of Corruption and currently Crisis Economics, which I've mentioned here on BP.

I think there is also a cultural aspect to this.

With the dates being so recent, it seems unlikely that it'd be related to the chinese drywall of the 2005ish time frame, any one have more info or have defective drywall from lowes!?

But has to be inspected --specialy for houses built before 1978 ( lead paint ), asbestose or chinese drywalls-etc --How you going to make offer --if you dont know what repairs are needed and what you can sell for to an Investor.Earnest money should be reasonable --Not TOO LOW Let seller feel comfortable and feel that you are serious --not like Option Contract with $100 some guru suggests - with MLS --agent will expect reasonable amount --check first -Subject to Buyer's Partener's approval is good --many Gurus suggets that - however Seller may feel uncomfortbale -it all depends on motivation of seller and how convincing your conversation is --this is also sales - marketing and relationship business with trust.

It's actually pretty nice from about November until the middle of may, then we all retreat back into the world of air conditioning.You probably visited either the Cultural Center downtown.

These same people never attempt to start a small business or add any value to society other than honing their skillsets for someone else.Is this something that is innate or do you feel like our society promotes this in a manner greater than other cultures?

Apparently the Chinese are concerned about it.

Even got a sourdough culture growing in a jar in the fridge now...lol.As to Sarah, 'nuff said. :-)Tim

My wife speaks Mandarin Chinese and it has helped several times.If you lack certain skills it can be helpful to surround yourself with others that can help in these areas.