This will tell you all you never need to know.Back before the RE market tanked, the National Association of Realtors forecast a continued up market nationwide.Your best bet is to keep an eye on current market conditions for the trends.

They'll (banks) will lend you all kinds of money when you're still in school / training, because you're a "good bet"....once you get out and they see that debt IN REPAYMENT, you're suddenly a leper.

Bet you can't wait until that lease is up.

Good Luck, Bryan, I bet you thought I was going to give one of my lengthy ranblings again....LOL Bill

Usually the seller can't afford to make repairs (that's why they are doing a short sale - they are in a financial difficult spot) and you can bet the banks won't do the work either.

By the time we get back to solid employment numbers and people are repairing their credit and building up down payments, I'm thinking it's a good bet that inflation will be in full swing, today's low fixed rates will be gone, and home prices will be shooting up again.

These investors can also buy 10-year treasuries so you can bet that MBS and CMBS pricing will track the treasury rates to a large extent.

I'll bet those that "investors" that dream up ways to circumvent requirements have little experience in financing or compliance.

For the normal broke person, nothing happens, but if there are assets, you can bet somebody will be there.

I'll bet any math J.