It's refreshing to see the occasional mainstream media article questioning the Fed's role/power lately.

Plus, I use .95 * .65 * gross rents (so my figure is slightly less than raz's), and I try to structure my deals mimimally with DCRs of 1.4 (occasionally I'll go as low as 1.2).

- Now Occasionally you'll get people who will respond to your ad about your Investor's property and they want to see the property, or they just want to inquire about it.

Maybe greed is blurring their ethical practices.

:)I do swim, freestyle and backstroke for a few laps.Little secret, if you get in great shape when you're young it's easier to maintain with occasional work.

I've lost count of backsplashes that are primarily made up from Home Depot's Pacifica Beige tile (59c per tile), and then have a glass accent, maybe 3-4 rows (maybe 3" high) running round the kitchen at about 3" above the back of the counter backsplash.So one house may well get a full glass backsplash, the other gets a Pacifica Beige+accent line with the offcuts.Same with bathroom - tile the bathrooms (that's becoming standard for us now, including replacing shower fixture as a matter of course), use Pacifica Beige again, glass for an accent.HD may hide Pacifica Beige occasionally, so ask for it.

I will drive for dollars occasionally as well. 

Then you have the brokers who occasionally gets thrown a bone and actually have a real listing.

., wholesale) offers that make investment sense, but will still occasionally get accepted.  

Occasionally I buy oddly shaped items which won't fix in a secured box, such as a dolly I just ordered.