In Portsmouth you have to pass not 1, but 2 inspections (as we pointed out in the above conversation), BEFORE they will tell you if they will pay your requested rent amount.  

You can contribute there regardless if you take distribution from your Roth IRA or not.The amount of conversion is taxed at the ordinary income tax rate.

I tell them my boss buys houses in the area and then ask if they are selling or interested in selling.I know there has to be a more efficient way, maybe going closer to the actual foreclosure date so they realize the urgency or something along those lines and also maybe approaching the conversation differently.Does anyone have any advice, or methods they have found to work effectively? 

We want to arrange a time to talk with you, so that we can have a conversation that actually answers the questions that you have and see what type of assistance and funding you really need to move your business forward.

All the above items center around the strip.

Looking to possibly partner with or at least have conversations with.

Oh well, I told her to start reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad and maybe we can incorporate her into our conversations!

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After a few conversations, I was able to get the sellers to accept the $660k price that my client has wanted.

They also have roundtable discussions every night for several hours which can be worth the price of admission in and of itself, the speakers or someone that is a expert in an area heads each table and you basically sit around and have a conversation about certain topics and can ask the table head or anyone else there whatever you want.