``I urge the Senate to swiftly consider this legislation and make it temporary,'' the statement said.Some Republicans who supported the bill overall said they would have preferred the provision be temporary and objected to raising the taxes on the sale of second homes.

Some pay up front for formal education and others prefer to learn on the job.John Corey

Also, check with your local REI club and see if they have an affiliations or preferred vendors.

Go through your local news papers and send LOI or residential purchase contracts, I prefer LOI's and you will get a lot of calls from Realtors that never seen an LOI before and may say they can not present the offer.

Once you had the paperwork yourself and understood the process for setting it up I guess it would be pretty straight forward.Personally I think I would prefer just to double close it and save the hassle of all that, but to each his own.

Relatively new to the mortgage business I find it interesting could use some advice from now and again. Doing it part time for now. Times are tight as you know. I came across a company that works with condo developers...

I would prefer by state.Certain discussions are definitely going to work better when people can easily fine others in their market.John Corey

* The investor buyer will not occupy the property.I could lie and state that I intend to occupy the property, but would prefer not to take any chance that my realtor might be putting her neck on the chopping block if this is the case.

It has to do with personal preferences as I have income and assets in both.

I prefer to know that it is like buying a house.