(Thank you for the link on FHA details, I will forward this to my escrow gal as I am tired of her saying “Well, because you are a corporation, you don’t have to worry.â€) -"It's not "government intervention" that makes not only FHA but conventional lenders skittish about flipping.

Here are a few links that can, I think, shed some light on this discussion: Obama Foreclosure Plan Gets Generally Positive Reviews Marketwatch: Lawmakers and bankers support Obama loan plan Here's a link to a summary of the plan being proposed: Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan I was on a conference call this morning with members of the Administration from the Treasury Department and HUD and the general reaction was positive, although most of the people on the call were part of the affordable housing and foreclosure intervention communities around the country.

If inflation goes really high, your tenants could pay the mortgages off for you in a matter of 10 years or less.Own income properties (altho govmt intervention in the form of higher prop taxes, rent control, etc. is a threat).Own your own business (deliver needed products and services).Again... gold is moot (may not play the role it has in past, and a threat that government can confiscate it, like they did in Great Depression).

The classic difference between the two systems lies in the different means they take to establish themselves: communism emphasizes the impracticability of replacing the existing social order by means other than armed force or outside intervention; the advocates of socialism seek to establish it by peaceful means, through election and legislation rather than force.

As we can see directly from the words of the founding fathers, the answer was and always will be general Welfare with LIMITED government and LIMITED governmental intervention.

It's the government intervention that forced the liar loans in the first place, if they'd keep their noses out of the market it would correct itself.

That makes him a sort of hero to the far left radicals.Sure, if you consider Ron Paul to be one of those far left radicals...Actually, no, he's one of those *real* Conservatives that exposes the high-school dropout druggie talk-show hosts (and their brainwashed followers) for the phony wannabe conservatives they are...I was getting tired of listening to "conservatives" who keep trying to defend government corruption and government intervention into our private lives -- they are almost as liberal as the Liberals they disparage...

I agree Mike, this thread has become too political and needs to get back on track.I agree with what Michael stated about the SAFE ACT, however, as stated before, who in this particular transaction would complain and create the "government intervention"?

I definately agree with the first paragraph as a good debate will always gander the best results and too much federal government intervention is always bad.But to the second half, every president has veto power, that is nothing new.

Because our contractors work together on many jobs, they know each other and in many cases will take the initiative to coordinate their tasks without our intervention.