Me personally...Cast iron is very heavy, so I avoid it.Fiberglass tends to have a hollow feel/sound, so I avoid it.I have ended up buying American Standard Americast tubs.

Have a place you rent out, have them pay the mortgage so your in a "rent free" kind of zone but you give maintenance to the home and keep the tenant relatively happy in exchange.. yeah man sounds like the American Dream.

Travis Barkley, Sam Weathers, John South, Gene Tatum, Ken Edwards.......

@Sam T.Thanks Sam.

Here are a couple I really enjoyed:Commercial Mortgages 101 (about commercial mortgages)Rookie Smarts (business book, about staying hungry and motivating others)Sam Walton - Made in America (about starting and growing a highly successful business)

The real killer economists are saying is Obamacare which is hopefully getting repealed soon.People on the subsidy works because they have no money but most middle class Americans all of their income is going to pay these junk insurance premiums that don't cover much until you hit sky high deductibles.

When you market your house on a LO, be sure you send the prospects to lenders like @Sam Ally so he can check them out.

That man above is Sam Walton, and he drove that rusted 1970's Ford, even as a billionaire.

Depending on the property type, I am seeing that they typically they have to put up twice the net worth and twice the liquidity to qualify as an American investor.  

Talk to George Allen who wrote the book that brought Sam Zell and many others into the business.