Aside from my messy first-time handling of the phone technology, we had great content and way more people on the call than I'd have ever expected. 

Post card are a good idea but the times and technology are moving toward digital post cards.

As a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, I am always monitoring startup technology to see what and how new technologies will apply to my business...

Dear Smart People,As I embark upon my REI journey, it occurs to me that there is an impending presidential election this year that may or may not effect the outlook on the real estate market.  

I was hoping to make a smart move with it or a portion of it now that my work is steady.As for Nome- there is gold!  

If you really have that much cash, you could expose it in your P&L, and create a $1.5 MM credit line, and other collateral to secure it.Now you can go wild by making offers every day (take off Sundays) on houses, non-conforming real estate, commercial properties, lots and businesses with real estate.You if you are really savvy, you could double that money in 6 months (or call someone with the smarts to help you!)

So to my question,  is it smart to increase my interest rate AND my mortgage balance to make this happen?

You're smart enough to learn this game on your own anyway.

If necessary I can put a lien on my own company or wait property is sold and put the lien on next "lucky beggars", but by all means I prefer smart arses to take a toll, not hard working guys.

Technology is also changing the landscape.