I'm new at this, so any encouragement or ideas would be helpful.Thank you guys so much, you are all inspiration!

Key Features of the New Housing Rescue Plan The government’s newest housing rescue effort, which was announced Friday, includes these key tenets:·As much as $14 billion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) will be made available to pay for writing down second liens for loans whose borrowers refinance through the Federal Housing Administration.·Lenders that facilitate refinances through the FHA will be required to write down the principal of the first mortgage by at least 10 percent so the home owner has a loan-to-value ratio no higher than 97.75 percent.·Lenders of second liens will be offered incentives of 10 cents to 21 cents per dollar of principal they write down in connection with an FHA refinance.·Borrowers who lose their jobs can apply to have their mortgage payments reduced for three to six months while they search for a new job.·Borrowers with a payment still greater than 31 percent of income after they find a job will be considered for a permanent loan modification.·To encourage more short sales and “deed in lieu†of foreclosure transactions in which the lender settles the loan for less than is owed, the government will double assistance to borrowers to $3,000 and increase incentives to subordinate lien holders and investors to $6,000.

Thought many of you would get a kick out of this:http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/os-mount-dora-doctor-tells-patients-go-aw20100401,0,658649.storyPersonally, while I don't agree with his specific philosophy (you could have voted for Obama and have been against the specific health care bill, which seems to be the more important point), I respect him for taking a risk with his livelihood to stand up for his beliefs.Then again, it may have been a strategic move, as with all the press coverage he is no-doubt getting locally, he'll probably drum up a lot of business!

On top of that, he recently informed me that my inheritance will be in the form of advice, encouragement and brow beating :lol: - everything else goes the charities of his choice.

All you need for news is to get AP press releases online and then check it against your own research of bloggers and commentators that you share the same philosophy with.

Thanks again for the guidance and encouragement BP community.

Originally posted by Joel Owens:Depending on type of renter some will just want a place to crash and not care about upgrades or condition.I know by you living there it will eliminate many possible renters.Me personally owning the complex wouldn't want a tenant knocking on my door all the time and if I was the tenant would not want to feel like my every move was being watched.I'm kind of ambivalent about what philosophy the tenant has about whether they want to enjoy the space or just crash, as long as they follow my lease agreement and don't damage my property.

No, I am not encouraging an act of violence here.Apparently, there is this place that opened in China called by that name.

Our local superior court is always encouraging people to use mediation and arbitration as an alternative to clogging their overcrowded schedules.

I can understand what you're saying, I would love to be able to landscape how I want, but I do know there are also people that could care less about the outside of their properties, and with other available homes here in this small town running a lot less, we really want to keep the area nice to encourage people to build here.