A former tenant is suing my parents because they kept his security deposit after his non-allowed water bed destroyed the ceiling and flooring of their house.

No spouses, grandparents, parents, kids, grandkids, or their spouses.

Their parents were well off, and the kids themselves had something to lose. 2 of them had new cars valued at $25-30k, so if I ever needed to sue, the courts could confiscate their cars.

I just completed one for my parents earlier in this year.

Wyoming law is ... well different, It has only been in the last ten years we have put a law on the books about tenants rights on having running water, and even then you have to send written notice to the landlord if you do not have running water before you can withhold rent.

Around the holidays, I have sent Christmas cards or even given Visa gift cards or dropped of bottle of Wine/Vodka on Christmas Eve, since I most if not all of my tenants have children, I figured that the parents need something for themselves.

My parents are from there and we still have a lot of family in the area.I haven't used hard money yet in my investing so I can't give you direct advice on that.

Okay, I have spent the last hour sitting through the doomsday presentation that a well known "guru" sent out (I will withhold the name out of professional courtesy).After watching this, I became curious.

Parents front me $150,000 to put down.

I'm a single mom, looking to earn extra income to support my two growing kids and pay back to my parents who left everything they got back home to come to America for me to have "the American Dream" life.