New scientific data shows that renters have the smallest brains of any creatures on earth.

Given our loose policies about keeping engineering talent in the country I can guarantee you that it will be a major undertaking to ramp up scientific and engineering skillsets if we don't throw tax money at people to keep them interested in the industry.My wife and I are both electrical engineers and I can tell you with certainty that we both would have exited the industry immediately if we were forced to compete with Indian labor for industry jobs coming out of school.

Hi Kelli, You'll find lots of information here on all aspects of real estate investing.

The thread mentioned will likely point out the aspects of doing your deals.

Bryan, you're probably right with respet to my bias, guess some pay for the sins of many as in most other aspects of life.

It would be nice for government to get out of many aspects of the industry, but to get out completly would be a disaster for most Americans.

That is why wholesaling ad bird dogging are popular among new REI, that have little or no cash to start making deals.2) Don't really know about the wholesaling aspects of REO because I don't know of anyone that has been able to get a bank to sign an assignable contract.

We recently starting working with a group of attorneys in CA that negotiate every aspect of the Short Sale, and provide legal services directly to the seller.

Interestingly, there's a real estate aspect to this, too, since vendors have to buy their shops in the larger fairs.

Both good posts above, just a comment on the liability angle of keeping the property "loaned-up".I think this aspect of liability protection is over valued, over used and over emphasized.