I have read the get started articles as well as many others ( this place is a goldmine of information).

The people close to me often give voice to my own fears so the doubt is usually mine and we try to run through it together to find where the downside is.

The owner would have to drop his price about 30% to turn this to a deal but there are realtors in between (mine and his) and I don't know if its even worth going after it.

A buddy of mine is a REO broker in NYC he sees props you can get for 100K put 50K in and sell for just under 300K.You might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.

My wife is back in Indy and my house is fine :) She told me it was not cold inside the house. mine has too many hot flashes to trust her judgement :)

Aberdeen is mine!

In the words of Austin Powers "I vanna toilet made of solid gold, but its just not in the cards now is it, baby."

Mentors are golden and I'm grateful for mine.

Mine are .05% while other areas are 5 times that.

I remember being so frustrated that my friend's beach house (sea level) had flood insurance of like $600 a year, but when I called on my house (16 ft above sea level), they wanted to charge me $1100/year to add flood coverage because mine wasn't subsidized.