But I know luck is a huge part of it, don't kid yourself. ie: if Bill Gates had not been born in 1955 and had his mothers social club not put money together to buy the highschool a computer, and the exact kind of computer they had, then we might not be talking right now on here.

I've seem that once or twice...They also asked me once for the first 5 numbers of the buyers social and bank statements...i pulled the race card

Is he responsible for the social problems of these neighborhoods?

I'm a big fan of real estate blogs, the shear number of blogs out there just shows the entrepreneurial spirit of real estate professionals.I blog about real estate and social media (www.astudentoftherealestategame.com) I also maintain a large blogroll of my favorite sites, so let me know if you think anything should be added.

SET is the medicare and social security taxes that are normally split between the employee and employer.

When I assign my contract to an end buyer is it normal for the title company to ask for my social security number?

I have applied for an LLC and am wondering if tax-wise, i'd be better off transferring the deed to the LLC and what implications/benefits that would have vs using as part of my personal taxes.

This might be a little off topic, but I feel very relevant:What is going on with Social Security?

Originally posted by Steve Nicewarner:[ I just can't believe that there win't be a drastic cutback in benefits Social Security is definitely the elephant in the room.

But there is no way that we can have $10.7 trillion in national debt with trillions more added to it by way of stimulus & bailouts, coupled with another $59 trillion in unfunded liabilities (social security, medicare, etc) and not have significant inflation.