And I just spoke on the phone last week with an agent about a small apartment complex and could barely hear her from her TV blaring and some kid screaming.

By nature business owners scream independence and thrive on the chase.

@Kate J.On Monday, I put up a simple FB job post asking for housekeepers and I have 7 phone interviews already.  

@Willie Kate Hi and welcome to BP!

They are certainly feeling us exert pressure today Tom and are whining to mommy like a couple of little liberal girls (Congress, not the present message board) that the mean old Republicans have shoved a giant cork into Washington until they get a vote on the proposed Obama tax increases of 2011.Be prepared for liberals to scream and cry more about how much of an extremist you are when they watch their precious socialized health care plan get shot down or shot to pieces.

@kate areas like east nashville, nations, inglewood are great to invest in if you are able to get something cheap enough.

Any tenant work on night shifts and prefer to sleep till 10 in the morning and are getting awaken every morning at 7:30 by a group of kids screaming and yelling and TV playing Teletubbies?

That being said, even contractors can be 'low' on their estimates.Kitchen Cabinets: $1,725Counter top: $6,480Appliances: $1,350 (range and dishwasher)Minor electrical updates/repairs: $1,0001st Floor refinish: $3,6002nd Floor carpeting: $1,500Bathroom Update: $1,500Painting: $750Heating System*: $1,000Labor for the above: $6,720Contingency: $2,563Purchase price: $25,000Rehab costs: $28,188 (Including contingency)Total Investment: $53,188Holding costs @6 mos: ($2,150)Closing costs: ($5,978) (7% of Comps value, ie $85k)Net profit: $72,590 -$53,188 -$2,150 -$5,978 = $11,275*The owner let the building freeze without winterizing the house (claimed and screamed that the house had been winterized, so don't worry about the pipes).

Interesting quotes.All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting George OrwellOnly the dead have seen the end of the war PlatoHistory teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

Supporting this, we have the federal government's 10% grant program for first time home buyers adding to the motivation, a housing inventory that screams buyer's market as well as what appears to be consumer confidence making a rebound.