I bet the San Diego market has lots of opportunity.

dmj4...that's a good idea but I'll bet a few months from now it won't matter because they will extend it to more people but the key is which banks will actually go for it.

These exemptions apply to corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.†Don’t see that one working myself...REITThis one I am very interested in but to qualify as a REIT it has to follow these basic rules1, Be an entity that is taxable as a corporation2, Be managed by a board of directors or trustees3, Have shares that are fully transferable4, Have a minimum of 100 shareholders5, Have no more than 50 percent of its shares held by five or fewerindividuals during the last half of the taxable year6, Invest at least 75 percent of its total assets in real estate assets7, Derive at least 75 percent of its gross Income from rents from realestate property or interest on mortgages on real property8, Have no more than 20 percent of its assets consist of stocks in taxable REIT subsidiaries9, Pay annually at least 90 percent of its taxable Income in the form ofshareholder dividendsBut the benefits are that a REIT PaysNO CAPITAL GAINS TAX.

However, I caution anyone willing to place significant bets that Obama's "stimulus" plan will reverse the current recession tide any time soon, to simply examine the largess of issues confronting our economy.

I bet they would be yelling and whining about that.

I'm betting on the yuan!

In any state, if you could NEGOTIATE and also BUY, I'd bet a lot of property would be 'negotiated' at $1.

I bet you wish you could get a piece of the action too, but you'll have to convince me to work with you".

You can bring your own alcohol and kick back and watch some sports with the guys and not worry about stinking up your own house.As of late, I've been enjoying a cigar called Natural by Drew Estates.

I bet there are a ton of investors out there who would tell him "yes I'll lease it back to you" and then just wholesale it to some other investor who would have no intention of ever allowing the guy to do a lease option!!!