I plan on starting my new life down there as a real estate investor with the purpose of creating cashflow.

f) has something happened in your life, like job loss, death in the family, or divorce that makes it impossible for you to pay?

In 1974 ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act), states that you can invest your retirement funds in any investment of your choice excluding life insurance policies and collectables.Jon suggested that Lito was attempting to create a much larger IRA account fast.

It is not as easy as many gurus say it is, you do have to work hard at it, but thats just like anything good in life right?

Unfortunately everywhere in life you run into people looking for the quick angle, the "get rich quick" scheme, etc and REI is no different.

Better yet, you can have them all, and I'll throw in a busload of low-life contingency lawyers.Mike

Under this FHA-insured mortgage product, the initial interest rate and monthly payment are low, but these may change during the life of the loan.

How about this.... there are teenagers in Pittsburgh that never saw their baseball team have a winning season in their entire life!

Like anything in life, I ask people who are experts in their field for advice then decide for myself which ones I will use in the end.

(Which is why I shared the rent raising thing above in hopes that someone else will avoid that mistake.)Next to getting married and having children it is the most exciting thing I have ever done in my life, better than piloting planes, skydiving, rock climbing, caving, etc...