(it was basically stolen from us.. we had filed for bankruptcy, paid our lawyer to file for homestead so we could keep the house which we had no problem paying for, and the lawyer failed to file the paperwork in the right order, thus there was an objection from the trustee and we lost the house).

I have also owned many businesses:johnmichael: Laundry Mats, Retail Stores, Flea Markets, Convince Stores, Arcades, Rack Merchandising, Mystery ,Mystery shopping Company, Auction Centers, Answering Services, Vending, And the list goes on.johnmichael: Now enough pumping sunshine up my own skirt LOLjohnmichael: Do understand we will be going over the basics and then step by step jump into the more advanced and creative strategies of locating Real Estatejohnmichael: I do want to cover basic investing strategy for new investors; johnmichael: STEP 1 - Buy a piece of real estate under the most favorable terms and conditions possible with as much leverage (OPM--other people's money) as you can.johnmichael: The art of this game is finding moneyjohnmichael: Money is everywhere folksjohnmichael: How many Dr's in your townsDan_Auito: We are gaining strength in that dept as more and more lenders are finding our home herejohnmichael: The are of OPM is just asking for it!

Having that experience trying to sell merchandise that way, I have strayed away from it.I hear a guy named Adam Ginsberg is the "guru" for that, but I haven't gotten the program yet.

Surely you don't think Bush and Co. are going to take up for anyone who's hassling the folks who provide a HUGE CHUNK of merchandise to Wal-Mart (huge Bush supporters), which helps keep our inflation rate down, while at the same time purchasing AN EVEN BIGGER AMOUNT of our debt, which allows us to continue on this drunken spending spree that's been going on for the past five years.

And, my neighbor lost all of her gound-level dissertation work--nearly seven year's worth--when her laptop got stolen.

If you do buy there, add extra to your rehab number because you will have break-ins and items stolen during the process.YOU can invest there and it is your money.

We had a property that had freeze damage and all the cooper stolen, after the freeze damage and between the time the property was foreclosed and resold.

We worked out a repayment plan and I received a fair amount for the stolen equipment.Good Luck, MikePS Joe's references checked out and he got along with me BUT none of the other trades on the job got along with him (I should've known better).PPS We'll also be looking around for Mr.

so does the new owner have to honor that security deposit that was stolen?

I've seen large price drops after all of the copper plumbing was stolen.