Our craigslist is flooded with repeat ads for the same apartment complexes; easy for ones ads to get lost in this mess.Better luck going through Postlets with responses from Zillow and Trulia.com.Gail

The acquisition costs are unsecured and you lose a lot of benefits of investing in a tangible asset that you actually own and control.

I am 51 years old, and if I lost my job today, it would be a difficult future for myself and family.  

or invested in mutual funds which they have lost faith in and/or scare them because of the risk.

., the guy who just about lost his shirt and needs to liquidate his assets for $0.70 (or even $0.85 for crying out loud) on the dollar--and these kinds of people typically would need a cash, not an FHA, buyer anyway--or that older widow who's sick of dealing with tenants but still wants the monthly cash flow and would be open to seller financing.  

To be perfectly honest, being young I have more free time than I know what to do with, and I'm a little lost as to what I can actually do while I'm learning and saving up for a down payment/reserves.

Attorneys are expensive but not as expensive as the $2000 worth of appliances I lost out on.

The key to protecting your personal property is to look like you have none on paper: control everything, own nothing.

Control Low, Assign Low and do it Often"Charles

A Master Lease with an option to purchase is a creative way to control real estate.