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Well I wish you would have posted here BEFORE closing them out.Length of credit history in good standing DOES affect your credit scores.If you have other credit that has a long history it shouldn't affect you that much.If however closing the 3 credit cards with 7 years of history you know only have a few credit lines with only 1 year or 2 of being open that is not great.In the end it shouldn't hurt you too much.When they made the new credit card rules last year or was it the year before credit card companies raised interest rates and annual fees from no fees.So what happened is the great credit people lost benefits because Obama wanted people with bad credit to not be taken advantage of.The credit companies simply restructured to make the same money.So A law passed that had good intentions but was misguided.The government believes when they pass a law people or companies will just take the loss but it never happens.So in the end these laws are just spinning wheels and not doing anything.I know many people who have closed their accounts once interest rates go up or annual fees are imposed.The downside is people want to maintain credit but some credit companies have been closing accounts if you don't use enough and they make a certain amount of interest off of you.It is getting rediculuos.

No one wants, gulp, heavy handed government regulations to address all the disgruntled future investors/constituents...

She had 100% of her rent paid by the government.

The big government lenders (the "F"s, Fannie, Freddie, FHA/HUD), plus large banks use agents exclusively.

Treat as crop insurance proceeds the crop disaster payments you receive from the federal government as the result of destruction or damage to crops, or the inability to plant crops, because of drought, flood, or any other natural disaster.You can request income tax withholding from crop disaster payments you receive from the federal government.

My insurance agent mentioned that properties in a flood zone require government backed insurance.

AND make sure you have a copy of the deed, corporation formation papers with your name on them (if company is owner) and government issued ID.The police may not want to hear anything about you being an investor owning the properties via foreclosure without written proof.

First, I would try to get the government out of the private sector, including real estate.

I was mad when I first heard about it - and I'm not happy they'll be denying ME the opportunity to purchase & rent these homes myself - but it's the government, and big-money interests running this show, and they'll inevitably do a bad job of it.