First i would think about what it will take cost and labor to strip/patch/sand,stain and finish the floors stripper and sanding pads will add up unless its an exotic wood, I personaly would simply lay new hardwood or laminate flooring down you can find all styles sizes colors types of wood and most are prefinished and are extremly easy to instiall, some are glueless and nailess.

As the forums are organized by topic you can read up on a specific style of investing before broadening your focus to other styles.Some advice.

I have a client who has very particular tastes for the home they want.Unique (very unique) MODERN homeMinimalistic (or potential for)Range - 800k to 1.3 million price rangeWest of Bluepoint, NY - on Long Island.Please private message me if you have listing that matches the above requirements.

Kindly send me a Private message if you can, i really now need some contacts.

He does deals with private money or notes.

The measure also would extend the tax deduction for private mortgage insurance.Permanent Versus TemporaryThe changes approved by the House today would be permanent, going against a request by the Bush administration that they last only three years to address the current housing market crisis.

Got tired of playing landlord, and realized the big money takes too long to get, so I started up a new style of investing.My background is really in programming, more specifically web based application programming with databases.

I read quite a bit of his material today and I really like his style.

I have the HML as well as two private lenders ready to go - Put it in with 1k now 9 more at offer acceptance (figured I'd rather not have 10k floating out there while they poke around) close in 2 weeks no contingencies.

Also not opposed to going private money if need be for faster closes, there is a guy in San Mateo I've spoke with and nearly used for the other rehab I did since the simultaneous close situation almost made that a necessity but my broker still pulled off a conventional loan to make that happen.