I am only familiar with the thermocoupler, which i thought only sensed a cold element therefore preventing gas from flowing with a pilot light out, but when these things fail, can they do so on the hot side?

Generally, most foreign markets are weaker in asset protection compared to the US, and a foreigner will have hell of a time to recover assets in another country should complications arise.

Here are the Pros I have thought up so far to pitch: Interest earning aspectCash down up frontshort term - say 3-5 year balloon for example higher offering price compared to short sale offerclauses in contract pertaining to non payment etcAnyway, if you guys and gals can offer other ideas for a proposal to the seller that would be great.

So, I may in the future.... but thought that it was odd.I guess the insurance companies are realizing that a large amount of student renters destroy property compared to the average non-student renter??

Assuming things work out.Really Michael, you are comparing investing in trust deeds to the roulette wheel?

I know a lot of us here think about what it will be like expanding the operations to lots of employees and having to deal with all the management issues that come up...it's nice to hear from someone who's doing it on a large scale (very large scale actually, compared to most in this business).

I feel like trying an aimloan and guaranteedrate.com as well, just to make sure to compare the rates.

It amazes me everyday that home buyers continue to buy price per sqft, compared to quality.

And even if it takes longer than what we should make doing it, we have an idea in our heads what it SHOULD cost, or what is a FAIR price compared to other options, and thats what we charge.

I have a pretty good idea of what the potential rent should be, and I've got some great reading material to further refine my findings.I've got a few things to do before I actually make an offer on the property, but now I've got to figure out the best way I can purchase the property.The property is listed at just over $15,000 and needs roughly $5-10,000 in repairs, and comparable comps in the area for this kind of house would be roughly $50-55,000.So with purchase price and repairs, I'm looking at a rough estimate of $20-25,000 investment (not including taxes and closing costs or other MISC costs).I'll have roughly $14,000 in cash in approximately three weeks, but I do not want to wait.