I really do appreciate you taking the time to respond.You know I wouldnt be the least bit hesitant to keep the one that has better terms and ride it out since it is such a good rental house and neighborhood, but I am beginning to realize I will need to use any profit I make from this home to cover the cost of selling the other home at a loss.Both leases expire June 30th and I may have to put them on the market in March or April so that I can move on and find better deals on my own.The benefit of keeping them a few more years really isnt there as maintenance and interest will eat up most the potential earnings and I will have to continue to run a "business" with an ex I no longer have ties with.I also have been searching for a CPA to help me iron out my first yera filing "single" and making sure I get all of the tax deductions Im entitled to.

Hi, have irons in the fire, but my windows for the blind couple will be comming.

Ironically after three months of doing this to try and get somewhere with the bank by score dropped from 733 to 610 just from stopping payments for three months.

speaking of making safer.I looked at an REO a few months ago that had this wrought iron railing around the porch but no handrail for the two steps leading up to it.to "make it safe" whoever the bank hired took two pieces of a 2 X 4 about 8 inches long each and nailed them together in a triangle wedge shape.

If that's true,it will be ironic that we scrambled so hard to try to buy it.

Ran across this interesting survery, also funny the #4 and #5 are backwards on the slide show..Saw most of them coming, NY, LA, ecthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/13/the-11-most-expensive-cit_n_643909.htmlWhat I found ironic, is Dallas and Houston are some of the best places to invest IMO, places not really effected by real estate bubble, and not outrageously priced.

Just need to iron out details.

Ironically since then the conservative candidates have come out with their messages (I don't call it Republican) of lower taxes to stimulate more business activity and repealing/defunding the socialist agenda.

BTW - since you are getting rid of older radiators here, the scrap metal value might be worth looking into if they are the old heavy cast iron units.

.* Iron-clad nearby comps of recent sales.* Approx rental share in area, vacancy rate from reputable prop manager, area unemployment rate.* School reputation for family-sized units.