With the specter of a US default growing over this debt ceiling issue, how do you think all this is going to work out?

My husband and I have the opportunity to work out the following lease option on a house we are interested in.

As an investor submitting offers on multiple REO & short sale properties daily, manually printing out the offer and wet signing it, scanning, and then emailing back is way too time intensive & unfeasible.

For me richness is about a balance in life.For me I try to get the most out of life financially,emotionally,spiritually,physically etc.I want to be balanced as much as possible in all aspects of my life.In a previous business I owned a restaurant.Great money but I was always putting out employee fires and they didn't care about the business like I did.In my 20's my cholesterol was 300 and my weight was 285 at 5 foot 9 inches tall.So I made some changes.Now I weigh 185 and cholesterol at 201.Workout and feel great,travel,work as much or as little as I want,and I don't feel like a slave to the business.If I choose I can ramp up my business more at any time but I control it now versus the other way around with previous businesses.I can show you a lot of tired,depressed,lonely,sad people that have a bunch of money.I would rather make 200k a year and have the terms I want in life then 350k and feel out of control and out of balance.Some brokers/agents tell me I will do this 24/7 and close tons of deals.I then ask them how long they have been doing it??

Having said all of that, I think we're in a state of stagnation and not many investments will work out that well, unless you're a trader and you can move in and out of positions quickly.

We tried 2 deals that didn't work out for my Roswell buyer.

Your one page contract may workout for you nearly all the time.

As the IRS says "Rental activities, by nature, normally do not require significant day-to-day involvement, i.e. they are not time intensive."

There are many folks that in the world that have been equally or more successful than you doing business in a completely different way.It is important to know the difference between a GC and a sub-contractor, but it is also important to know that using a GC is not always better or more cost efficient than sub-contracting the work out yourself, and vice versa.

Once you find the deal, try to work out a partnership with the investor so that instead of flipping the property to them, you will be able to keep a small percentage like 5 or 10%.I know the percentage don't sound like a lot of money but the experience that you will get will be priceless.