An owner who is really motivated to doing everything needed to complete a short sale will increase the odds of a sale ten fold from the seller who is unmotivated and just going through the motions.

However, the electrical wiring at the time did not meet water environment codes and I had to find mining cable that blew up the budget 5 fold in that department.

"To be frank, since the TARP money came in, they are still selling off (properties at auction), but they kind of took a step back." . . .Real Estate Disposition LLC (REDC), which claims to be the nation's largest real estate auction company, held 300 ballroom auctions in 2008 and sold nearly 33,000 foreclosed homes for $3.4 billion -- a seven-fold increase in sales volume and nearly triple the proceeds the company generated in 2007.Company CEO Jeffrey Frieden said he expects to "smash that record" this year as banks and lenders continue to amass a huge inventory of foreclosed homes and are more motivated than ever to sell their inventory. . . .Some observers fear that if the massive amount of debt the government is taking on to stimulate a recovery, inflation -- and higher interest rates -- are inevitable consequences.

It's listed at 59k and the home is assessed at 115k through the county website.My question is two fold --If I take a loan out I'll probably have to go up to 80k which would make my payments roughly 500 a month.

So make it easy for them to contact you by placing a phone number and hopefully an 800 prominently above the fold.2.

The "stimilus" package has nothing to due with stimulating the economy itself but is really the governments best guess of how they can prevent having to spend this money later.If they were to let things be more companies would have folded (or at least called it quits) and the government unemployment rolls would have exploded so drastically that they would have easily have doubled the monies they gave away in unemployment claims, food stampt, and all those other programs.This is what I believe is the real drive behind this and the government is going to get a little upset that their ploy did not work and take it out on those of us that have found a way to make money.

Govt. is releasing a plan to sell toxic assets to lure investors with discount prices and Govt. aid.The plan as reported is three-fold.1. to create an FDIC backed entity to purchase and hold bad loans.2. to expand a Fed.

There are businesses folding all over the place, and a record number of foreclosures.

For me the purpose is two fold, the obvious one being it helps my company grow in a variety of ways (new contacts, brand recognition, etc) but it's also all about helping people which is something I've truly started to care more and more about as I've grown into my career.

Like a poker player who folds most hands, it's not unusual for an investor to look at many hundreds of houses for every one he buys.