As you learn, I hope you can continue to stick around and share your knowledge with the rest of the group!

Continual learning is a key ingredient.

In 1999, I took a real estate course that was conducted by one of the country's leading instructors.

This doesn't mean we've hit bottom - the credit crunch wasn't in effect in July.On the other hand (and yes, I'm a positive thinker to a fault - I drive some of my colleagues crazy), I look at it this way: If foreclosures and home prices continue to get worse (and that may well happen), people are still going to need a place to live.

That kind of runaway appreciation will not continue.

Twenty plus years of retirement requires a lot of capital.In your case I would imagine that you will always be looking for deals and will continue to generate income.

I'm sure you will continue to do well.

The type of transaction prosecutors say McLeod abused works like this: Homeowners facing foreclosure sell their homes to a third-party investor, typically located by a foreclosure consultant, but continue living in them for one year.

As the media continues to bombard us with all the news of the increasing foreclosures, it seems to me that there is an opportunity for Realtors to help.

Additionally, we have had to ban many members of NRU because they came to our site and violated our rules by continually pitching their school to our members.