It wasn't going to help me achieve the goals I nor live life the way I want.I tried some alternatives for a couple years and that really didn't work.

find a life partner (wife/husband) that will be okay with this and you're half way there.

Make no bones about it, this is being watched by other legislators (maybe from your state) and with the cumulative issues that exist in the real estate market/industry today (not to mention all the bashing in the media and growing public disdain), this could just take on a life of its own and spread like wild fire (to other state platforms)...Some of you might be reading this and say, "Scott's a lender and this is a self serving crusade from a self-important blowhard who sits at a table for one

You are not a life long commitment.

I am definitely flexible on this and understand that PM's need to have a life to but if you consider that many potential renters have jobs during the day that they cannot leave, you need this type of flexibility to show the property.5.

. :-)Lease/Option: you get a chunk of cash up front (purchasing the option to buy), and you're going to lease it to them for the life of the option.

Make it clear that you have an interest in the property but use active listening skills to learn more.It is hard to know what the seller might want when you have no idea what is going on in their head or in their life.

Is the interest rate fixed during the life of the loan or is it a two interest rate program (one for rehab and the final lock after its completed)?

Well done.If you make a profit on each deal (big or small) plus learn form each life will keep getting better.John Corey

First state with a bottle bill, first major metro area with an urban growth boundary (Portland), focus on green issues, right to die stand, exemption from the federal Medicare program so that they can factor in quality of life when deciding what is to be covered.OR tends to be split politically.