Since you have all these other properties, the bank may not cut you any slack.In that initial post, it seem like you're blaming the bank for loaning you too much money.

Even if it does, many tenants give little or no notice that they are leaving - they simply break the lease.

The government will pull out all the stops to make MM's good.Also,interesting side note, the bond/futures/gold markets are showing that the Fed did a 'super-secret' interest rate cut last night from 2.0% to 1.25%.

Since I didn't, you simply get rid of me and you're free to do as you wish with the property.My credit is highly unlikely to be negatively affected because you're not an institutional lender and you don't report to the credit bureaus.

Our phones have simply stopped ringing (luckily we are booked out fairly well through the end of the year, but what happens in January?).

Can I convince Countrywide to cut me a better deal and give me loan?

Cut and paste, cut and paste!

I know you want it to supprise a friend but, in all honesty you should have your friend call in to the mortgage company, ask for a pay-off good to xyz date then cut a check payable to the mortgage company and hand it to him or her.

Don't forget to include our largest expense while suggesting spending cuts-the military.

I once had these guys sent out from At&t to cut down a tree I had in my backyard because it was next to their poll.