No - it will be the greedy rotten landlords who are sqeezing the life out of honest Americans.And we'll make easy targets, too.

Problem is we started this with no money just as something to do on the side of our normal lifes and we are having problems finding hard lenders in the rio grande valley.

This is a realtor service for investors that guides you to purchase homes with 5-10k equity and market it as a rent-to-own home. Does this sound smart? Doesn't give you much equity if the market continues to drop.
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James, thank you for those words - it really means a lot.I confess that Stephen Coveys book changed my life, even though I came to it much later than most!

From what I have read though if you employ solar and wind power generators then you are pretty much set, because if its not sunny then its likely stormy which means more wind :)Basically the civilization systems include everything you need to live a civilized life on an island, are completely self sufficient (you could remove the generator if you didn't mind the occasional black out), and again not as expensive as one would think, especially with the "go green" attitude really coming into play now a days, you may even start to see these kinds of systems becoming available to the rural population, and as economics dictates, the more widely available something becomes, the lower the price tends to be.Just thought I would throw what I know about islands out there for everyone.

In all walks of life there are people that will be "sneaky" try to do better, then when they fail, of course they will blame you.SO what do you do?

I comfort myself in the thoughts of one philosophy: In order for a person to achieve complete happiness and fulfillment in life he/she needs three things: power, respect, and sex.

NO MONEY, NO CREDIT WANT TO FLIP A HOUSE IS THERE STILL LIFE FOR INVESTING.

Thanks for the warm welcome and here's my life story.

Which tells me that reality hasn't truly hit the sellers, or that the agents are just taking the listings without explaining the facts of life to the sellers.2.