@Marian Smith- INCREDIBLY valuable advice in just your first sentence.

@Juan Carlos Castillo I would urge you to re-read your last sentence.

The last few words in my last sentence of last comment should hsve said, "at a time"

In your post you say that Trump assumed the loan when he bought the property but mention in your next sentence that the bank didn't know about it.This means that Trump bought the house "subject to" the existing deed of trust without the bank's permission.When a person "assumes" a loan, they are getting permission from the lender to step into the borrower's shoes to take over the loan. 

This sentence doesn't make sense;"However, before I jumped into this head first TN I at TN least wanted to get some idea of what to do."

Run on sentences?

There are lots of us that have no problem with 1% and may even occasionally see 2%.Don't be so quick on judging what I said, there is a word "almost" in that sentence.

I'm amazed that you would put Joel Osteen and Al Gore in the same sentence.

@Victor Clarke, Yes, Red Flag (from very first sentence).

I like your initial sentence about the fact that your first is the best because of what you learn and not necessarily because of the profit…that is so true.