"They'll be sitting on piles of cash and can move quickly," said Sylvie Durham, a partner specializing in securities markets at the New York office of law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP.TCW plans to invest more broadly in the months ahead, seeking securities that have been hit harder.

Sounds like you will come out ahead if you just pay her from your pocket.If you don't currently have payroll setup on your business for other employees your going to create your own paperwork nightmare to start payroll for just your wife.Some of the penalties in some states for payroll mistakes are huge.

I don't think that I would give the Lender a head's up.

Granted, this is a little town, but to get your place re-evaluated is free & you may come out ahead.

I have had existing tenants pay a few months ahead with an income tax return or student loans.

Buy 2nds when 1st is performing and you are ahead of the game.If the 1st mortgage has already initiated foreclosure they are now in the drivers seat.

Dreaming on, perhaps these places will be funded in part by the religious establishment who nevertheless understand that hungry folks aren't necessarily highly spiritual. 

My old way of thinking was if I buy there, ahead of the new subway, the property will appreciate after the new subway stop opens and I can charge more in rent, etc.

So you can't avoid the recaptured tax when you sell, why not go ahead and take advantage of the perceived benefits today? 

So factor that into your calculations and if it works the maybe still go ahead.