On another, more international level, he and I have a Kiva account and we have a regular monthly session where we decide to whom we will lend our $25.00 and talk about where they live versus where we are and in what ways their lives are different, or similar, to his.I think you can teach your children the concept and *real power* of money {to do good} without conveying the message that money for the sake of money, is the objective.

Assign vendors, track costs and estimates, manage invoice numbers, assign status and priority, run credit checks, state or federal criminal background reports, link any task or appointment to tenants or units, and get reminders about important events or todo items.

. :)Karen, tell the Red Cross (started here) they shouldn't have the International Red Cross.I support public schools, having leased building might be a good idea in some places.

That sort of was the issue with Madoff, he was doing his own internal accounting.

Jason lots of fraud and criminals out there trying to make a quick buck.You could be sucked in and chosen "guilty by association" in the deal.We have a saying in the business.This deal has "too much hair on it" and you need to walk away.Many of these techniques with short sales squeaked by 3 or 4 years ago before bank guidelines were in place.Now with systems you cannot get away with anything if you wanted to.Before there were shades of grey that were closed out.I would see buyers write up a bill of sale and pay the seller 4,000 for JUNK for personal property.At the time certain things didn't have to be disclosed.Short sales made up only about 1 percent of loans when the market just started turning.So anyone looking at short sale techniques make sure they work TODAY and not from years ago.You will pay dearly for using old techniques that can get you in trouble that are not allowed today.You have to adapt and structure deals to stay in compliance with the ever changing laws.

After interning at a local CPA firm and talking with numerous Big Four professionals, I came to realize that although I did well in accounting and took full advantage of accounting clubs and associations, real estate was my true passion.

Sheila Griffin, I also have an intern who is very close to his first deal in the North Texas area.

I had no knowledge (until now) about Ms Hanover's alleged criminal actions.

Landlords regularly discriminate based on income, criminal background, previous evictions etc.

BiggerPockets is clearly a great resource for real estate investors with any strategy and of any experience level.BACKGROUND:I graduated with my B.B.A. in Finance at 19 years old and was fortunate enough to find a decent paying job right out of school as a business analyst.While pursuing my degree, I interned at two small real estate investment partnerships.