If they press you for why, reply that the background check is confidential and if you told them why, you'd be violating that confidentiality, which is true.Chances are, you're going to find some colorful background anyway.

I'm starting a bit smaller than that...Good friend came over this weekend and dropped off a reloading press so I was busy combining some other precious metals this weekend :cool:

We will either face:austerity (higher taxes, less services)default monitorize the debt (print money to pay off debt).I think the we will talk about austerity but in the end the printing press will be too tempting.Politicians care more about the short term as they are alway worried about re-election.

- Do you keep up with what's going on in the local real estate press?

This "betting on appreciation" receives a lot of bad press on BP, but most of the investors I know that have made a ton of money in real estate invest this way.I like to buy either on great terms subject-to and get some cash flow or force the appreciation myself and sell to fund more rentals.

Even in the most run down areas of Orange County, you would be hard pressed to get 0.75% of the purchase price in rent.

Personally, there's just too much negative press on the web regarding them charging fees for my comfort.If it helps, I'll send you the contact info for a HML lender in MI that may be able to help you.

. - I've heard that it doesn't always matter- I think it's kinda up to the judge and the bank if they want to press it.

If you have an investor that gives you a set of collateral parameters and loan qualification bench marks with a required yield then you can build that into the transaction so long as you don't exceed, by very much, the market value.

Deceit is another.Having said that, I agree with other posters that Brandon & Co. would be hard-pressed to start yanking all blogs that offend or to play Ethics Police, which is quite subjective.