Alternative housing remains popular and retro travel trailers are part of it.

Alternatively, I could pursue the sub2, any Missouri wholesalers interested in working with me on this one?

Originally posted by Jon Holdman:....Fundamentally, we have some very tough choices....Great post, Jon...as are all the others in this thread...One thing I'll point out (and I probably sound like a broken record on this topic) is that there is an alternative to both "spending less" and "raising more."

The prices in Tennessee are unbelievable.

This looks like it may be a great alternative.

(you determine what rich is)The poor, who get many benefits from the govt. without contributing nothing (51%)All those with business/2nd businesses- that allows unbelievable exemptions.How do we fix the problem and how will the "fix" affect us who are striving to create wealth and an estate.

Gary,The truth is many wholesalers don't have a dime to their name.They read some get rich quick crap and try to lock up properties for 10.If I am a listing broker there is no way I would allow the seller to go through with such a deal.I would insert multiple clauses if they insisted to a right to continued marketing and a termination clause by the seller at any time in the contract.After all if YOU the buyer have no risk then the SELLER should have no risk either.If you put up a bunch of money that you stand to lose you will hustle like a SOB to FIND a buyer that will perform.If the seller tries to pull the listing early or withdraw there usually is a protection period built in for the broker unless the seller re-lists the property with someone else.Every seller will go through a sales cycle.Sometimes these last more than a year.The further desperate they get the more they will drop on price and be open to creative financing to eliminate their problem.Banks are sellers too and operate this way.I see many bank foreclosures overpriced.Over time they reduce to sell.If you are a wholesaler finding listings on the MLS is NOT the way to go.As a listing broker I would simply tell my client.Rather than selling that low let's keep reducing the price by xx percent each week until we get a contract.This way you will know the highest price the market will bare and not leave any money on the table.The problem is often listing brokers wait too late for a price reduction and it is still overpriced.When a seller reduces they have to be in the bottom 50% of for sale pricing to get a contract unless they have an unbelievable property which isn't the case 99 percent of the time.

Is there an alternative where I wouldn't have to replace the asset with another asset and still enjoy a tax deferral.There must some creative approach being used somewhere :cool:

Are there alternative methods with reasonable interest rates?

here is a link for that stuff...www.stainsolver.com another alternative is this, stain the grout line with special paint or stain....