The land was bought by the construction company and we chose our lot and house model.

The stigma is disappearing as high end, efficient models become more common.

I have picked a portable tri-fuel model which I intend to run mostly on natural gas.  

There is a little surge in convenience store as collateral but that seems to be more geared toward the property owners exiting into a larger investor like a REIT who then has a model to deploy.  

Weighing both hassles and dollar values of these two REI models is a bit tough at first, I find.

Originally posted by @Andy Collins:I may have a score vary by as much as 100 points WITH THE SAME CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY,,,,Smart Credit may say my TU score is x, my privacy matters may say my TU  is a totally different number,,,this is why its so confusingEach credit bureau has dozens of different models for calculating the score, and each model uses a slightly different formula for calculating the score, which is why the same credit bureau can report a different score.

He has a great business model that gives out of state investors some security that they are buying right. 

Most of my friends are educated and have professional jobs.When I invited my friends over to my first rental property, I don't think they were impressed because they have a image of a model home with a picture perfect yard.

This is fresh off the presses:Goldman, Morgan to Become Full-Fledged BanksHere's a bit from the article:Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the last two independent investment banks, will become bank holding companies, the Federal Reserve said Sunday night, a move that will fundamentally alter the landscape of Wall Street.The move alters one of the models of modern Wall Street, the independent investment bank, soon after the federal government unveiled the biggest market intervention since the New Deal.

And Section 204 (h)(4) says that a state can become eligible for federal funds to help implement the program by "adopting by statute or regulation a requirement that buildings be assessed and labeled, consistent with the labeling requirements of the program established under this section," or "adopting a plan to implement a model labeling program consistent with this section within one year of enactment of this Act, including the establishment of that program within 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and demonstrating continuous progress under that plan."