Don't ask Tom Cruz for similar advice, or any besides acting, but he is an excellent actor.

You can't even list something for rent if you are making so much as a candy bar from the transaction." lol Those were her words exactly.

They competed with each other as for-profit private sector actors, as designed, and all was good for homeownership.

Those are good choices for different reasons, but like being a "kid in a candy store", where do you start?

There are many issues where you may think you have to be proven guilty of a crime, this is one area where you can simply be accused of a crime, the act or attempt itself is a crime, and you'll be defending against the accusation that you attempted to do something, you'll likely lose.I have no idea how many people thought they could pull one over on a bank and ended up in prison, but I know there are such people in prison.

John, I've partnered with attorneys, their time in making cotton candy at a state fair booth is no more valuable than the other guy doing the same thing.

Good points, @Matt Mason - but much of what you said could be turned up-side-down in favor of rents increasing, not home prices, and i wonder why they don't - like availability of world-calass schools generally driving rents up from student-renters, and actors, musicians, artists and wanna-be-anything all rentersBut i'll start a new thread...

Their mentality: Why buy an apple when you can buy a candy apple for the same price...BOA will give you everything that sold in that area going back several months to a year.

Our local military population is mostly National Guard, but last month I took the kids to an event put on by the FRG that was co-sponsored by a mortgage company that handed out goodie bags (coloring pages, candy, logo pens and travel mugs) to all the parents and kids with a flyer and business card explaining VA loans, eligibility, costs, etc.

Also, we are not talking about terms on a house sweet grandma with the delicious hard candy lives in.