For instance, we bought a 12yo house 90mins from tokyo for $USD38K.

For instance, someone could have only $50 monthly cash flow, or even negative and in 5 years sell for $50,000 profit.

More and more states are requiring realtor involvement in short sale transactions (for instance Oregon and soon to be California).

For instance, when doing offline marketing, constantly direct people to your website.

For instance, if you lived in Gainesville, FL, your absentee owners would be getting your postcard and a letter from me, personally addressed and signed in blue ink.

The Bank will not listen to your case of the cost of rehab.I don't believe all this, or else you guys wouldn't be getting any deals, so can someone shed some light on what and how you negotiate under different buying circumstances.In a real life instance, today, my realator called on a short sell for 75k and the lister said she presented an offer to the bank at 55 and they came back at 68.

And don't forget that with time, views of "ethics" and "morality" morph, change and in some instances do a 180 degree turn.

In my instance I want to buy this one for retirement later and don't want to deal with the mortgage hassle.

Costs for an exchange are minimal (my company charges a total of $695, for instance); it's hard to find a RE deal where taxes won't be at least that much.

He's dangerously ignorant, and unpredictable as a result-- take bombing Pakistan for instance, or flip flopping on the status of Jerusalem, or whether or not Iran is a serious threat-- because he flat doesn't know what he's doing.Add to that his terrorist / marxist / black liberation theology mentors and you've really got a volatile mix that will make Jimmy Carter appear stable, and competent.McCain isn't my personal choice, and I live in a "blue" State anyway (Obama will run away with the People's Republic of Illinois by 20 points) but if I lived in a "swing" state-- I'd have to vote for McCain against Obama.