If we were monolithic we would be boring and weak like France.Judging by his history, Obama is unlikely to include Republicans in anything and if the Senate has 60 or more dems there is no reason for him to do it.See, in a rather selfish way, I am secretly giggling with joy over the left having control of the government.

The magistrate thinks you're weak when you come in two months after the rent is due and you'll never get the late fees.Even Dave Ramsey says, and I agree, that you must have gobs of money to be engaged in real estate...and he adds most of the investors he knows don't ever have enough money to operate.

However, it would be very difficult to get bank financing for any purchase of real estate if the corporation is less than 2 years old, and/or has little credit history or assets, or is intending to purchase any residential properties that have less than 5 units....All in all, with lower real estate prices, lower interest rates and a weak dollar there are some GREAT opportunities for foreigners to invest in US real estate...

This is not a business for the faint hearted or the weak unless you're a masochist and get off on it.Everyone on this site that has dealt with me in the past knows that before I even give you an address to a property your're siging a non compete and non disclosure.

However, any gain attributable to depreciation is TAXABLE.I guess it depends on (1) the amount of gain, I live in TX and we pretty weak housing appreciation, (2) the hassle factor attributable to moving and (3) how much of a step down is it to go from your current (rich landlord) home to move into one of the slums that are your rentals, LOL.If the mortgages are nearly paid you're reaching the point where the cash flow gets really schweeeeeet!

you can mix it up once you get going..all of the investing methods have their strong points and weak points.. however wholesaling by far is less risk then the others..

A carefully-thought-out financial plan for any considered propertyI've seen too many new business owners fail and lose everything because they really weren't financially prepared and organized when they opened the doors.Trying to jump into this without sufficient funds and without a good plan means you're dealing from a position of weakness.

i'm recommending you look at your weaknesses as an investor and improve them.

sure there's plenty of people out there living lives filled with sloth and evil (check out some of your tenants), but it's only the flesh that is weak.

Our weakness is savings.