Private Lending has changed dramatically...the Private Lenders that I've dealt with from 1980's , 1990's and even until 2007 were really the guys with the money! 

Keep it short and sweet and provide quick and easy to read materials for the judge to look over and digest.Let the tenant dig themselves a grave by being dramatic and talking at great length and annoying the judge.

It sounds like you have a huge chunk of equity you could use for the down payment without dramatically changing your current lifestyle.

However, there are some places in the country where a renter could expect to pay more than twice that amount and the average monthly rent stands at $2,757, or more than $33,000 per year.Why rental prices matterHome prices often get the most attention in the national media, yet only 65.4% of Americans own their homes, and that percentage has declined in each of the past eight years:Meanwhile, the percentage of vacant rental properties has also fallen dramatically after peaking in 2009 at 10.6%, and now stands at 8.7%:It will be curious to monitor how these two data points trend in coming years, and whether this will represent a fundamental change in where Americans live.

I normally walk around the house squirting dollar general generic febreeze like I'm m shooting two handguns in cheesy action movie dramatic fashion.

Staging can dramatically change that "first impression" you get, but the first step is to get them inside.

Also look at your individual cards if one of them is high utilization it can dramatically lower your score even if overall your percentage is proper

I've got a wonderful tenant in the other side, a safe, stable place to live, and in a wonderful surprise, prices in the neighborhood have risen dramatically in the six short months that I've lived in and owned my duplex.Here's my situation:I bought my duplex in November for $240,000.  

I don't think it is fair to make the blanket statement that since values went up dramatically in Hawaii, that you would expect the same everywhere.

Pretty funny...I suppose this film won't make the cut at the Film Festival despite the quality production.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li0no7O9zmE&feature=player_embedded