Find your niche and grow it.The possibilities are more numerous and more rewarding than when Microsft and Apple were created.Some things won't change, family, honesty, integrity, the need for food shleler and clothing....everything else is a wild card.What could we do with a billion dollars each and the same willingness to share that we are displaying here, now?

Lastly, and sadly, and terrifyingly, the wild card here is our government.

It's wild west free market on those babies while the retail homeowner market keeps telling people that "real estate is a bad investment" and keeps the overpaying newbs out of the market.

I'm actually thinking that the most optimum thing to do is... 1) set up a good money making activity ahead of time... 2) just pull the money out of the IRA on Jan 1st 2010... 3) put it into action (example: buy a little business with decent income)... 4) I won't have to pay taxes on IRA until April 15 of 2011, so get an extension until Oct of 2011 and I've just deferred taxes on the IRA money for close to 20 months... 5) I will have made money from the business I bought and can use some of that to pay off the taxes owed on having pulled the IRA... 6) Now taxes have been paid on the IRA money I took out and that money is now mine to do with as I see fit.I know this may seem wild or unconventional to some.

Sounds like he is just checking around to see if another capital markets broker can find him a magical lender with terms he is currently not seeing.If that is the case it can be  wild goose chase.

FSBO world almost sounds like the wild west.

, wild parties, LOUD: children, boyfriends, furnaces, refrigerators, and music.

Wilkinsburg and Reagent Square (at least what some people on the MLS call Reagent Square) can vary wildly from street to street. 

Have to be careful with REIT's as they can be highly cyclical and have wild swings in returns over time due to how they operate.

When you are putting next to nothing down your cash on cash can swing wildly with small changes in your income and expenses.