You wont be able to get in touch with them.

Wow i need to go shopping...here in central illinois i have been paying $300/month for empty home insurance.... state farm and country insurance wont except it so they contract it out....I usually use the empty for a month or 2 adn then ahve it switched to renters with a month to month tenant ( painter)

you'll more from than that than any book probably..be careful not to overleverage all your money with a loan, and then have no reserves...what would you do then, if a tenant doesn't pay the rent, or you have to evict and they destroy the place?

It's a black hole for our tax dollars.Anyone who knows how to balance a checkbook knows that you can't keep spending more and more money, cut revenue and still have things balance out...it's just not possible.Unfortunately, for many politicians, it's worth mortgaging our future to ensure that we have the capacity to destroy the planet 11 times over...as apparently the ability to destroy the planet 9 times over just wasn't enough...

In most cases this wont happen because only a serious buyer will place a none refundable down payment on a house.

Both Steves have it.If you buy on a Contract you name wont be on the deed.

I wanted to give everyone the rest of the story.....This is a follow up post to the below post I started back in September 2010. http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/55498-flip-why-wont-this-work-?

If this is pretty normal, I wont be nervous about going to a local REI club meeting by my self.

The seals in about half the double pane windows were destroyed, and those windows had condensation stains.

They wont reduce the price when there is an active offer in their system.