They claim they can finish several rooms in mere hours, as opposed to days with conventional sanding, and it's about half the price.

In all labor, there is profit: but the talk of the lips (mere talk) only leads to poverty ~Proverbs 14:23 Feel the fear, but do it anyway ~Susan Jeffers

They avoided it before because it would be insuring past losses which is a disservice to their share holders in a stock insurance company and the other policy holders in a mutual group insurance company.

I think part of what we are seeing here is merely a factor of age.

Is this example legal because no fees are actually handed out, but merely disbursed by the title company at closing?

Sounds really bad to me but perhaps Charles Perkins, who invests in a similarly expensive market, can give you some insights into what to expect in such markets.As an investor, I would also like to add that an investment does not become good merely because it is better than other poor investments in the area.

And one can definitely make the case that they do not deserve the wealth and merely got lucky.But if you look at it from the parent's perspective, it is an issue of freedom.

If you are a mere mortal it is basically a complete and utter waste of time.

For we mere mortals it is certainly worth kicking it around on a message board for a bit.

I am merely trying to gage your personal risk factor.Would you be open enough to Buy & Flip REOs all over the US of A?