Has anyone gone down this track, of suffering the first few years, and then gaining a nice return, and how long do you estimate I'd need to eat ramon noodles for?

If past experience on other forums/boards is any indication of future actions, I'm probably going to be lurking, asking a few questions here and there, and generally gaining lots of information about the subject before I put it into action.That said, my biggest "fear" right now is analysis paralysis.

You gain on the sale is the selling price less the basis.

There are world leaders out there who are not very nice people and who are paying a lot of attention to politics in the USA.I actively dislike Clinton, but her response was the correct one for a president.

I don't know to much about it other than that as I have not focused much if any attention on it.The Liberty State Park neighborhood is picking up however because of its closeness to the the water front and the Light Rail running near by.

I'm not trying to gain her confidence or become her friend, or play any other silly guru games.

And sorry again for not paying attention to this post.

The only thing you are doing is drawling attention to yourself every time the wind blows your coat open or you bend over and someone see's a big lump in the small of your back.

I am trying to build contacts in the real estate community on the investor side so that we can all help each other get deals and gain more knowledge.

I feel like if you can buy a house, live in it, fix it and sell it two years later for a tax free gain..that's the place to start.