Here's a good article from TurboTax: https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Home-Ownership/How-Short-Sales-and-Foreclosures-Affect-Your-Taxes/INF19990.html Might also want to get some input from @Steven Hamilton II

The money is secondary to the emotional, physical, or other driver that creates the NEED to sell.

Brandon Turner wrote a great article on the BP blog on apps a few months ago.http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/07/26/real-estate-apps/It pretty much covered most of the ones I use including, Trulia, Zillow, Realtor, Google Drive.One that isn't covered is Evernote, it's great for keeping notes and docs in the cloud for quick access anywhere.

This is even true when we have forced significant equity into the property - both through physical improvements and operational / fiscal improvements.

After the property is taken as collateral it becomes "other real estate owned" or "real estate owned" (ORE/REO) which is apart from bank owned property that is the physical bank properties, main and branches.

I spent the next 8 months in short term care, and physical therapy.

Welcome Adrianne Daniels, attend as many real estate network meetings, read all the articles in this site.

Hey Account ClosedAlso - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books Ever How to Rent Your House: The Definitive Step by Step GuideOh - and don't forget to set up your Keyword Alerts!

They are both great at learning the fundamentals.Also - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books Ever How to Rent Your House: The Definitive Step by Step GuideOh - and don't forget to set up your Keyword Alerts!

Not just because the enormous rents, but also the temperature, which is always much lower than in the East Bay.But, whenever I read an article in SFgate.com about the ellis act etc, there are people commenting that they own a house in SF and they'd rather keep it empty than take the risk of putting a tenant in.So, I'm always thinking, if I wanted to live in SF, I would approach them and offer for them a lien against one of my houses or some other guarantee, that will give them security that I'd move out when they want me to.