Bear with me please.We went to sign papers on our bid on the aforementioned house today.

There is no place to move up in my current job, and sometimes feel like I wish I had that piece of paper(bachelors/masters) to get a better job.

You can buy foreclosures, pre-forclosures, residential, commercial, paper and probably a million other things.

After taxes, social security and such, the government winds up taking 50% of it.Portfolio - Money earned by paper investments (stocks, mutual funds, etc).

This gives us about a two month head-start on anyone who just tracks via the local paper.

Once accounts are performing they can be grouped together and wrapped with an insurance guarantee and sold as investment-grade paper.

Depending on your budget you marketing might include things like ads in the paper or the phonebook, but the nuts and bolts of finding deals is being consistent and persistent in actively looking for them.

Instead of buying the actual properties, look into buying the paper mortgages.

But I am also looking into investing in paper.

. $212,000 loan @80%30 year fixed, fully amortizing using our Paper Saver process - like stated income but no charge for it6.375% would cost you 1.00% discount point - 6.532% APR$819.80 total lender feesIf you consider an 80/5/15 - where you put 15% down instead of 20%$212,000 loan @80%30 year fixed, fully amortizing6.375% would cost you 1.00% discount point - 6.532%APR$819.80 total lender fees2nd lien of $13,2508.375% would cost you 1.00% discount point ($132.50) 8.513%APRno extra lender fees on the second.So you save $13,250 and have an additional monthly payment on that second of $100.71 per month which means you break even in almost 11 years.