When Ron Paul even tried to pass legislation that would allow a congressional audit of the Fed, there was massive drops in stock prices (fat finger day).

I don't know how fat this deal is but perhaps you could reduce your risk by controlling certain aspects of of this transaction, i, e., final closing doesn't occur until you've got possession.I much favor buying the note as others have suggested but monetizing a note is a lot different than buying a short-sale house with a prospective holdover problem.

Guess they felt that losing 1 pound a month was good for them.Either way, it is interesting to note how people view Smokers v Non-Smokers as well as Thin/Fat people.

I bought these in 1991 with break-even at the time but can in no way buy stuff here with a loan and get decent returns because of high values.

Fat fingers and small keys make for many errors.

@Kendrick Carter,A lot of people start out willing to help in whatever way they can in order to learn from someone else. 

honestly I won't rent to either but I can in my market!

And, like it or not, no matter how much you like or think you can trust the people who work for you... eventually, one of them will decide that they can take a big, fat bite out of you. 

Meet as many people as you can in the business and i am sure there are a lot of us that will be happy to give a hand as you develop your real estate career.

- and I'll start to answer those questions as best as I can in future posts.But what I wanted to show you with this deal is that the key to succeeding in real estate rests not with having tons of money but with KNOWLEDGE and NETWORKS.