And then subsequently frame out the water meter space?

I haven't read all the subsequent posts yet, but well done.

They said they could roll al my debt into one manageable loan, and subsequently, pay off all my existing debt.

@Leah WoodsThere's always this "piling on" effect in the forums when subsequent commentators try to outdo the existing comments in support of or in opposition to an idea.

So in MO its pretty straight forward and maybe 1500 bucks to foreclose and that's what I had him do.. so it wiped out any potential juniors and he had clean title and subsequently sold the property like Many foreign investors who get suckered into the highest return deals.. he lost about 50% of his investment COC this was one of 4 I helped him out of ... all with the same results.

I then went through a subsequent chain of traumatic events, i.e., the real estate market tanking, family deaths & serious illnesses, culminating in my own cancer diagnosis in 2010 (not playing the sympathy card, just explaining my circumstances).

I have not visited yet but fortunately I can't give you any horror stories from Cleveland as all has gone pretty well so far.It is an uphill battle for financing but we have a profitable real estate enterprise in the USA so it is not impossible.

Contractors that rely on investors for most of their work either have zero people skills or hands that grow out their butts or both.As a small-ball investor calling around for contractors and trying to impress them with how incredibly serious you are with turning your handful of properties into a rental empire and thereby trying to drive their prices down...in most parts of this great country of free enterprise you are literally NEVER going to get a high-quality job done quickly in your properties.

Any person who violates this paragraph commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, or, if a corporation, as provided in s. 775.083.Florida Real Estate License Law requires that an individual who, for another, in Florida , for Compensation* or valuable consideration will need a real estate license if they perform any of the following when dealing with real property: AppraisesAuctionsSellsExchangesRentsNegotiates a saleAdvertises or represents as an individual involved in the real estate business, through either oral or written representationProcures sellers, purchasers, lessors, business enterprises or business opportunitiesCloses any transaction which results in or is calculated to result in a sale or exchange and who expects to receive ANY compensation or valuable considerationReal property or real estate means any interest or estate in land, or enterprise or business opportunity, including any assignment, leasehold, sub-leasehold or mineral rights.

I'm new to the forum and didn't quite figure out how to get back to my posts and subsequent responses.