In addition to the melt-down of my business, I also bought some multis that are still eating me alive.

This is definitely the melting pot of like-minded investors and it's great to have you here.What kind of investing do you do/plan to do?

I will need permits either way, and If I don't get them I won't get my escrow funds backDriveway - I have to re-surface or replace the driveway anyways (not sure till the snow melts) Either way I got a quote of $500 to extend the appron 10' x 25' to accomidate the larger garage, and yes there will still be some backyard left.CostsSlab - I got a few casual estimates of $3000, but I had a concrete guy come out today and he quoted $4000 to jack up the garage, tear out the slab, and put in a new one.

My son plays hockey and keeps us busy, backyard rink just completely melted ending our practice sessions, lol.

Atlanta back them was to dog with most 80 to 120k I funded maybe 60 to 80 of those in Atl proper before the melt down.so I digress

Just not sure i could move there and give up my Maine lobster dipped in some nice melted butter :)Nice to meet ya Jay!

If we melt down we'll all be in the same boat.

We cannot use the sub prime melt down and poor owner occ's losing there home story anymore...

George, with GMAC in this, this situation will be a short sale, you do need to track down the owner.Since the melt down with banks given more favorable write down provisions with short sales, there is less incentive to sell a note and write off the loan loss compared to the short sale path.In cases where there is an offer to sell a note that is about weeding out problem loans.

Glad this snow is melting too!!!!