Hi Everyone,I am glad I found this forum, it seems to be one of the more active ones.I come from an extensive background in Real Estate brokerage and investing (Foreclosures Fixer Uppers, Notes etc.).

Mailing to a pre-foreclosure is a crap shoot. Experience has shown me that people in foreclosure some times do not think rationally and many times are in denial.

What has been effective in the past is to mail postcar...

Building and running a business is a whole new level.

My goal for 2007 is to brow beat my painter into fixing that awful spray paint job he did yesterday on my new rehabbed kitchen cabinets, finish the bathroom in the same house (at the stud level) and FSBO my 3/2 project by the spring market.

My only answer would be the hope for significant appreciation over time by buying in a burgeoning neighborhood adjacent to downtown, where many upper income professionals work.

Inflation is not at desired levels and it is suggested that many sectors of the economy will continue to function below par for the greater part of this year.

I guess I have scarcity mentality.2) Is there a formula for assessing how much risk is smart, not in terms of comfort level but balancing the numbers, such as: how much credit card debt you have and years to retirement.

Some of the upper end new construction has slowed dramatically, but inventory on everything else but new construction is at very strong levels.

The 5/1 ARM for the same period closed at 6.18%.On the economic front, growth is being sustained at average levels with inflation showing a gradual downward trend.

I'm always looking for fixer uppers and people to meet.