The misunderstanding of motives at the investment banks fuels comments like, banks do not sell to street level folks.

I am neither a tax expert or a financial planner, but I would add one thing to this conversation for us all to think about:  If we're highly motivated, successful investors and entrepreneurs, what are the chances we'll want to wait until 59 1/2 to retire?  

Even after he was done the smell remained for a bit.Try shopping around for a better price, you might be able to do better than $375.

Once all areas where mold is typically found are demo'd and cleaned up, I would demo the remaining flooring and open all the walls.

If you pay it down faster, as you get closer to payoff and you see your interest payment amount is not very high, then you might not mind letting the additional principal ride the few remaining years.

Is driving for dollars really effective or is there a better way to find motivated sellers in select areas?

What's more interesting is an article was released today giving more specifics for the project, stating WF will only occupy 25k sf in space, and the remaining 40k dedicated to community involvement, training in cooking healthy with test kitchens, and so on.

-property tax-insurance-vacancy-property management-maintenance-capital repairs-legals and accounting.From the remaining 50% you service your debt, if any, and the remaining is your profit.

The percentage of people inheriting property that are motivated is very small.

Let's assume that they guy in the robe just looks at some smaller investor type selling a mobile home for a quick $6K profit and financing it doesn't really feel like hitting the seller up for a $10K fine, the judge thinks that the seller just did something beyond his level of awareness, but just nullifies the note and security agreement and allows the deed to remain in place. :) He just lost his $6K profit and his costs in buying the property.