I love reading such time stamped perspectives.

I'm not suggesting that anyone should abuse this position, but it's comforting to know that I have strong laws and court systems to turn to if it goes south.I realize from a financial perspective, it's a loss going the eviction route, but part of me is really enjoying the whole process.

From a cost accounting perspective it makes sense, regardless of what you are doing for tax or financial accounting.

can give a better perspective.

Multiply that by dozens of new investors fresh out of a Fortune Builders or Montelongo 2 day free seminar, and the local hard money lenders get deluged with "I'm looking to build my power team, what are your criteria?".

I would be interested in feedback from Baltimore investors on that perspective.

I totally understand your perspective of getting a females opinion and yes I am on top of that as well.

if you want to do that, I would recommend you first analyze the deals from an investor's perspective, and then stick to posting the potential good deals in the Marketplace forum (which requires a Pro membership).

The fact that the interior is freshly painted makes it much harder to see evidence of prior termite activity (same with the "new" floors).

But I never did a proper introduction that posted successfully, so I figured I'd do one now.Quick facts:39MaleHappily married3 kidsFormer militaryWork in Northern Virginia/NoVARead Rich Dad, Poor Dad in college, loved it, and didn't bother pursuing any of its tenents or suggestions until a few years back :)From a real estate perspective, in January 2008 I landed my first real civilian job after spending the previous seven months homeless, unemployed, and freshly divorced (it was a culmination of bad luck/decisions/timing, and leaving the service to boot).