Drop me a line, let me meet you smart, intelligent, indiviuals, lets work together.

It does seem like someone out there has to be doing this intelligently, efficiently, and succesfully - not the average slumlord who arrived in the hood out of chance or jumped at a cheap property; And that is why I posted.

I had to remove a few Troll posts (and replies to them, which were all done in good taste) from the thread, because I don't think the intent here was for people to start the petty name calling, but to have an intelligent discourse about war.Lets discuss this without all the name calling . . . thanks!

I don't know enough about the science to comment intelligently.

Use your extra time to improve your knowledge and to show them you did your homework by asking intelligent questions.

Thing is, insurance companies have, for years, (thank you federal government) been working in an artificial market which allows them to inflate their costs to no end.

I don't care to debate how and when and how slowly or quickly the properties will be released, but there is no way they can artificially hold this real estate market with the tsunami of foreclosures that are hitting every month.

Here's the thing...we have a friend with zero property management experience BUT we trust him, and he is extremely responsible and intelligent.

We had to send some of our best U.S. employees to our offshore center for several months to train the first group of employees.Of course, if you wish to outsource a very simple task that requires little intelligence, then it may be possible to do it remotely.

I highly recommend "The Dollar Crisis" and "Benjamin Graham's Intelligent Investor".