Ha, your second paragraph, you missed the point of education and the point of difference in Harvard as to the value of education.Third paragraph, rather lost as to any point other than you got something out of your effort to learn.

Hi my name is Willona Torres I found this forum while looking up review for Fortune Builder Than Merril thank God I must say. I have a deep desire to get into investing. I believe flipping contract will be my first...

Here's my experience in a nutshell:Large cities STR profile: - year around bookings- shorter stays (3-4 nights)- a lot of last minute bookings- Airbnb beats vrbo/HABeach/Mountain locations STR profile:- Seasonal- Longer stays (7-10 nights)- Bookings long time in advance- vrbo/HA beats airbnb

Ha, the worse the house is, the happier the builders are because that's less competition to buy the....dirt.  

:) ha ha.Thank you all for your replies.

Their lease is pretty simple and the HA also recommends and encourages periodic inspections.  

Ha, see my thread about this.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/432/topics/25...I would absolutely say I agree with your banker and that he is a smart fellow. 

Warning, I do web dev for a living, so I ha e a fairly critical eye.

Ha although my agent actually said that today when I was talking with him that people are "selling equity" anymore, I guess what he was saying is that there aren't many foreclosures on the market.

Yes it was a little bit like that, ha ha.I think what you are referring to is called gap financing or also can be called Mezzanine financing:"If a mortgage lender told me I need more of my own cash to get a loan, I would go get a bridge loan that will give me enough funds to get approved for financing from the mortgage lender.