I also love horses, art - particularily oil paintings, camping and spending time with with my fiancee!

Our unemployment rate is also 1.1% below the US average, and we our the horse capital of the world

So I think you're better off stalling, than actually putting any money down.Just my opinion.

Just in my situation it would nearly be like putting the cart before the horse.

The bailout deal stalled on Thursday (see bulletin section).

If people can't borrow the economy is going to stall.

It's been a wait they are trying to get the title all cleaned up.Well today my realtor showed us a house in a great neighborhood, 2 bedroom, 1 stall garage (small 832 sq) asking $30,900 - assesed at $49,210 (foreclosure - Freddie Mac), we are going in at $22k for the house and it need about $10k to get it ready to sell but if we were to put carpet/paint in the house for $1k or so we could rent it for $550 easy and then do a lease for 6 mo's then finish it and sell it for $60k - do you think we should do it?

As a conservative, I don't have a horse in this race.

If you're outside the city in a McMansion in a subdivision on 1 acre lots, why aren't you in a rural McMansion outside the city on a 5-50 acre piece of land zoned agricultural, costing less in taxes and at the very least, leasing out horse boarding or commodity growing rights to another farmer?

I just need to know a few basics before I begin looking for a buyer.Bob [email protected],You have what's called a "mixed use" property, it's even MORE complicated than commercial & up there with the development/subdivision wrap-around mortgages I put together between developers/sellers/backers/& buyers;Have the toughest in the world on my plate right now...mixed Use Horse Barn Construction to Perm w/22oosq.ft of living quarters in the same structure...yes, it was a nightmare.If I can get IT done, Your place will be a walk in the park.1-Know Your buyer/borrower; start off w/a credit report, financial statement, & their business plan, unless they're buying Your going business(?)