In 10 years, my wife and I will begin extensive travel -- we planned to explore "house swapping" and having a lake front (or ocean side) house or condo would give us much better leverage.

Where are like 5 boot camps that you travel out to a city that they pick.

I'd like to travel more.

the postman, trash man, dominos delivery kid, plumber, or any of 1000 others who constantly travel around various neighborhoods, may be able to tip you off to areas and/or houses of interest. after the first time one of those "tips" leads to them suddenly finding an envelope of cash in their hands, well, they'll certainly put extra effort into trying to happen across more properties like that for you.

I travel for free because I work for the airlines so I am trying to find the best city to start.Looking forward to being part of this community.Susan

I am currently in the market to purchase mobile homes in San Antonio and/or Corpus Christi as I travel back and forth on a regular basis.

You have education, training,hotels, travel, business cards, marketing campaigns, websites, and now an answering services.

I spent the last 6 years working for a HealthCare IT company traveling consistently around the country implementing an electronic medical record for major hospitals.

How does she go directly to bank (she said it was in CA and she is in the midwest) then you state that she already has the capital yet she asked how to find a HML to fund the project.Since she does not have the money to fund the REO I would assume that she doesnt have the money to travel to CA on a whim and a hope.Jon's advice is best here, but I will add one thing.

My question here again, is do I have a legal case against the bank that aside from the obvious losses (Travel, due diligence costs, etc) I suffer a higher loss based on the fact that houses like this are selling for twice as much in the immediate area?