Another alternative is the type of REO.

So finally when they do get to the point where they need to be socially and politically conscious and make a change they are neither smart enough nor creative enough to find ideal situations/alternatives.

Have you seen the alternatives.

Also, you can use it as a regular printer and scanner.An alternative is fax to email (although it's real good for outgoing faxes) see www.myfax.com for this service.I also get my fax line through Vonage, it costs me about $10 a month for the line.

That is probably the thing I would recommend the most as you will probably get the highest response rates in the quickest amount of time.Another alternative you might consider is PPC campaigns.

People are greedy, they naturally try to engage with success, simply provide the opportunity, show the risks and alternatives and they will make the right decision.

Then Oil royalties, Real Estate or what I call alternative investments.

It would be a toss-up whether you were investing or merely participating in an alternate form of craps, but there would be smiles nonetheless.

If you go down this route, you may need to secure a construction loan from a bank or, alternatively, refinance your other property to get cash and use your line of credit (discussed below) to pay for the construction.You may also get yourself into some trouble if you rent the property out and don't write the contract to explicitly state that it's only the one lot (this means that you are responsible for maintaining the vacant lot). 

I like the tangibility of real estate as an alternate to my standard equity portfolio