What aspect of short selling?

The left doesn't seem that have that level of mental maturity.Case in point, when I met Bill Clinton in 1996 I found him engaging, witty and in all aspects would be a great member of a golf foursome, a poker or drinking buddy.

Define "charged off".

You need to better define your goal.

So the answer to the original question from the concensus is that your home can be an "investment" leaving out "the why you buy aspect" and only considering the appreciation value over a length of time to build equity and choice of area makes a big difference between a "good investment" and a "bad one".

I may not stay a realtor, but I do intend to continue investing in RE, and would most definately use a RE agent.By the way, I have never met an agent who intentially encourages a seller to inflate their asking price.

I prefer the landlording aspect of real estate the most, though.

You are definately right about each deal being different.

Ive read Millionaire Next Door, and it was very frugal minded, the Eker book should definately have a different philospophy than Stanley's seriesCSE2

Do you have experience in other aspects of the REI world?