The turmoil from the post Soviet Union pullout from the middle east is just about to the point of being relegated to their own internal problems and Iran appears like it's going to have to pay attention more to it's own populace than it's rhetoric against the US.

My opinion on who should be in charge of certain elements of international relations is most perfectly summed up in the following clip:http://www.youtube.com/watch?

There are buyers there who buy without seeing the interior.

Because of the design of the church, there is also a potential for some unknown concerns that may creep up later or that will be discovered if we were to begin an interior remodel.

They are only there to take pictures of the interior to prove they were there.

You can all go check out stuff at the same time without worrying about international treaties that limit how many people can land at a time.

If the house isn't in complete shambles on the interior then the price is decent.

Missed this question...I don't think any single metric is going to give you all the information you need, so I use a bunch of different types of analysis to determine if a deal is something I want to pursue.In addition to COC, I also look at total return (this accounts for equity accrual and tax benefits), anticipated internal rate of return over the entire life of the investment, a rough NPV analysis, and then some rudimentary risk analysis.Here is an example of my COC, total return and IRR analysis for a particular property (from the BP blog):http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/09/15/analyzing-a-real-life-rent-flip-deal/

I recently did a new roof over where the shed roof design runs 90 degrees to interior ceiling joists and bears on what was a minimum load exterior end wall.All exterior walls bear weight, some more than others.

Kotlikoff says. “The U.S. is bankrupt.â€Writing in the September issue of Finance and Development, a journal of the International Monetary Fund, Prof.