Signed lease, paid all rent on time, plus nearly $1000. security deposit.

You might check AARP web site (since these are largely targeted at seniors) and try calling some of these and ask how they work.I believe the way these work is that it is a loan secured by the property but without payments.

in case anyone wants to know the outcome of my nightmare tenants here it is: I offered them their security deposit and $1000 and they agreed to leave by the 1st.

Abu Dhabi will buy securities that convert into stock and yield 11 percent a year, almost double the interest Citigroup offers bond investors, underscoring the New York-based company's need for cash.

President Bush today proposed an economic stimulus package amounting to 1% of GDP.

If they do I'll let em theres plenty of deals out there (it has never happened to me) If you want to be 100% secure call a realtor one of their listing tell them you want to submit an offer and ask them you to email a blank AS-IS contract make minor changes and your off.In terms of reading I went to a bookstore (library if you are short on funds) go to the realestate section get a stack of books and take out whatever seems the most interesting.

That's almost always secured by property.

Most of them try to sell ther packages by making people believe that they can become multi-millionaires in a very short time period without doing any work at all.So now that you've figured out that it is a lie and that actually there is a great deal of time and work involved in real estate, stop trying to get your millions without working and get to work and put some time and effort in.I don't think real estate is hard.

Many of those loans have been sold off and packaged as investment vehicles.

However it is the low paid immigrants paying into the social security system that will keep it from collapsing.