Well my main goal is to invest globally, with a heavy influence in Asia, particularly Japan.

This makes a huge difference.One of the key points of the short sale is your ability to dutifully influence the broker price opinion (BPO).

First, don't let ego influence you.  

I have no idea how the stigma will influence potential buyers, I'll be interested to see what BP members think.

If you plan to hold long(er) term then I'd be less worried about the resale aspect in 2 since you have more time for things to adjust and maybe help by joining the board to influence the values for the positive.

Keep letting your friends and circles of influence know about the site, invite others, and help spread the word, and we should see our goal of 75,000 members for 2009 in no time!

After we get to know you better, as you gain influence with others, you won't be so "suspected" as we do try to protect our new, learning members.

These changes will influence where people choose to live and the rent they are willing to pay. 

There is a myriad of factors that will influence this: age of the building, quality of the tenants, LTV that you take on the property, area, quality of construction, age of appliances, types of finishes, etc.If I were you, I would narrow down the market in which I was going to invest and analyze 10 or 20 deals.

He also struck me as overbearing—which is irrelevant unless you are susceptible to being overly influenced by such people.