He comes and spends a couple weeks at "gramps real estate camp" every year and is really something.

There are lots of very simple and effective way to market that you buy houses without spending a lot of money from signs in the yard, bandit signs around the neighborhood, negotiating with a local business that has a blank wall facing a major street (think gas station on a corner) to hang a banner on the side.

It just doesn't make sense to spend you valuable time on the problems (both in real estate and in life).Look at all the people that waste years and years of their lives, suing people over a deal that didn't go their way.

If you're trying to figure out when you can get a check, call it 3 months but really, that tends to make people think they will have a check which leads to spending money you don't have.

This is a people business, and I think Ned Carey is spot on: find someone who can spend one on one time with you.

#1 - I would spend 90+ minutes a day reading this site the threads/posts related to what you wand to do.#2 - Open an account with a local, large federal creit union.

I wrote some papers in college relating to the subject, BILLIONS spent fighting pot when hundreds of millions could be made.

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If i spend the money... when they try to purchase the house... what do they use to show the bank that they have paid the down payment?

screen and check everyone that's over 21. period. he makes quite a bit of money. the large debt bill signifies poor spending habits. if all else fails and still concerned..why dont you do month to month or half a year lease?