I REALLY want to sell my house before that, And I was not planning on listing till late Sept.To me it feels like late 2009 or may be 2010 - Based on the facts that the subprime loans and alt-a will show their scary faces in that year and followed by consumer confidence to an all-time low (it is already compared to prior years), people have already started giving away their car keys (defaulting on that too), global impact due to US economy as almost all countries trading with US have enormous amount of Dollar denominated assets, etc. - Thats my opinion (and I may be wrong)...

Those who tell you...
you can't do that.... don't know how to do it themselves
you shouldn't do that... are afraid to do it themselves

Business is like a game and games are like war.
You discover quickly who is on yo...

A trade line will fall off 7 years after the date of last activity.

the guy who tried to blow up the World Trade Center the first time) Timothy McVeigh (again, sp?)

Old Realtors who have retired, with money, who know how to get things done from a desk.Business owners in the construction trades, the generally fit the top category and have knowledge.Attorneys and CPAs as well as other professionals who will invest, but don't have time to bother with it all....if you want to manage for them.But really, you need to walk and talk real estate, tell everyone what you do.

You have a mentor, that's great... but this is still your first turn swinging the hammer.

I'd look at the time on the market and the activity of the property to determine your horse trading strategies and remember, the one who speaks first is usually the looser.....

The market will be in full swing when June rolls around so get ready to fight for deals.

The properties will be inventory and all the activity will be ordinary trade or business and will be subject to SE tax - 15.3%.

Some people will trade a note for a new deal.