I'm paying 10% to the grant writer person if I obtain the funds.

Obtain mailing list (list source.com) for absentee owners in my area (How many names and how many mailings?)

So, when they see delinquency on their sister's loans (Sallie Mae) it makes it more difficult to obtain financing.

Due to condition, they have a limited market and they are often marketed for cash only.Appraisers have been pressed hard to include foreclosures by banks and secondary markets to obtain a very conservative approach to value.

Following the XIRR syntax, enter =XIRR(values, date) where the value and date arguments are designated by their cells, and you’ll obtain the IRR.

I would have to be 100% certain that everything would work out including obtaining a HEL or refi into a long-term mortgage when appropriate.There are a lot of pitfalls to the strategy as others have listed.There are better options (options A thru F) that I would investigate first.As Brian suggests, those CC punitive rates are really the death knell for the borrower.My $0.02

I do believe you may obtain your dreams your wants and your needs through real estate without question.Real estate has more than made my dreams come true.I believe that real estate has changed my family in a positive way but maybe for different reasons than most might think.

It’s a bit more work but you will obtain a tremendous amount of knowledge about the owners as well as real estate laws and investing.

Social responsibility of the investment (27%)Some of the commentary in the article about the survey;55% said it is more important for them to protect principal rather than grow investments (up from 44% last year) .Not surprisingly, as far as risk goes, those over age 65 take the least amount of risk and those under age 45 are willing to take the most risk.While social responsibility is lowest at 27% it is growing higher each year.One other interesting tidbit they included in the article was a list of factors that these high net worth people attributed to their obtaining and holding their wealth;96% say Hard Work - is the main contributor to achieving their wealth91% Education - is main contributor87% Smart Investing - is main contributor61% Risk TakingIn a show of growing confidence, they found 42% of these folks are willing to take "significant investment risk" on a portion of their investments this year.

None have ever discussed their teaching SUCCESS rate - i.e. the percentage of their students who obtained the stated promise.