However, I'm not planning to stay here permanently, and was thinking of investing in property in the U.S., most likely in Chicago, because I've lived there before and know the city quite well.

Hard money is often used to rehab projects and that financing can later be taken out by permanent financing that is used to hold/cash flow the project.

Kotlikoff says the IMF itself has quietly confirmed that the U.S. is in terrible fiscal trouble – far worse than the Washington-based lender of last resort has previously acknowledged. “The U.S. fiscal gap is huge,†the IMF asserted in a June report. “Closing the fiscal gap requires a permanent annual fiscal adjustment equal to about 14 per cent of U.S.

They have been working on making R&D permanent, which may not get done I think the credit will get extended.In this economy, I just don't see them allowing the capital expenditure credits go away.

I would recommend marketing materials that are either free, cheap or semi-permanent during the winter.

WL owners pay for those guarantees with low returns.There are other types of permanent life insurance - Universal Life, Variable Universal Life and Private Placement UL that offer (without guarantees) much better returns on the cash values within the life insurance than a whole life policy offers.

April your friend is buying time.They will have no motivation to sell to anyone after the BK filing.Until the filing their back was against the wall.Now they can breathe a sigh of collective relief for a few months at least.When you file typically most do a chapter 13.You have go through a meeting of the creditors along with a conformation hearing down the road where the plan is approved.Lower payments do not really happen in a 13.A chapter 13 usually lasts 3 to 5 years on the repayment plan.The trustee payments and attorney payments are front loaded before the creditors so they get paid first as they know most cases will get dismissed.With reduced payments on the mortgage you are talking about a forbearance plan with the banks loss mitigation department or a permanent loan mod.If someone has crap credit already they might could care less and file BK.They can get many,many months of free mortgage this way.If you don't make the regular payment the lender will file for a "relief of automatic stay" and if you don't make the BK payment the trustee will file a motion to dismiss.Since you are creating an additional payment for the back payments owed on the mortgage plus any other creditors included you are not doing anything.If your friend owes a ton of other debt as well a chapter 7 might be best.In a chapter 13 your credit is frozen in the crapper for the term of the plan 3 to 5 years.In a chapter 7 you are immediately liquidated and can build credit back much faster.Attorneys want that money.Many in my area will file chapter 13 to get started for 75 bucks!

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Every time I see them I wonder what the company owners have on our permanent board members.

The place becomes a ghost town with only a handful of permanent residents wandering about.