No one wants to walk off my property down the street to smoke.

We certainly aren't being responsible running these huge deficits, but I don't think we're in for blood in the streets any time soon.

On one street where I owned property there were 22 houses.

Roto Rooter rodded all the way to the street to no avail.

They have been in business in that town for 25 years and are right down the street from my rental house, which are some reasons why I have been considering them.

By the end of these meetings they would be telling me stories about when they grew up in the house, or gossiping about the neighbors across the street.

, while a 'normal-sized' 1-br down the street of similar quality will go for $3.50 - $4.50 per square foot.

If your finances / credit are a shambles and your current income isn't helping you sort it out,     then obviously you need to focus on gaining more income.Set your financial issues aside for now - they're not helping you - and learn to work around them.One of the biggest newbie mistakes is thinking that you need your own money and sterling credit to get into REI.While those certainly do help, if you don't have them, you need to find a different solution.Learn to attract and engage private lenders.Folks with large retirement accounts - medical people, attorneys, ... high-income professionals who may or may not be self-employed - need alternatives to the risks, whims and paltry ROI of Wall Street.

Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

On the other hand, if your main service line from the street to the house is galvanized, and badly corroded, hardly anything you do in the house will make any difference.