So, should I take the usual route and go to college and study business, or accounting, or medicine, or something else I don't really care about in order to get a moderate-paying job, go out to the suburbs and get a cute little house and get a 9 to 5 job doing crap I don't care about, then come home and watch tv and go to sleep, then wake up the next morning and do it all over again?

This is so you're comparing apples and apples.But, of course, in almost all cases you want to do everything possible to minimize your down payment.

If you think I'm wrong, turn on the TV for half an hour and see how many ads there are by these scumbag contingency lawyers.

Just curious since most of these TV show show people buying and selling supposedly within 30 days.I know typically when you close on a house you have 30- 60 days, depending on what day in the month you close, before your 1st payment is due.So what if you get lucky and sell it 2 weeks after you bought it?

if anything is falling then its the newspapers and "interruption advertising" such as TV commercials and such.There are tons of ways to advertise on the web.

Did anyone see Schiller on tv last night advising home owners to stay put in their homes and if they own two or three-selling so not to have so much "exposure".

I'm looking at a list of available HUD homes in my city, and I'd like some guidance from experienced HUD investors.Let's assume that I'm looking at a home that requires little if any upgrading (just to compare apples to apples).

Business acquisation and real estate acquisation are apples and oranges---this might be outside the scope for most on this forum.Regards,Scott Miller

I felt bad for him until he hired one of those TV injury lawyers to sue me claiming that I was negligent.

You are not missing out on some alternate process.Whatever you saw on TV may have been either a foreclosure auction held in a more active environment - or different time frame.