People will throw them away, use them for garage sale signs, work for food signs, whatever.

It will also put food on the table while you cut your teeth on those early deals, and it might help you financially survive the early mistakes that will inevitably happen.

I would imagine because cold items are not a year round draw like a Starbucks and a Subway would be in that area serving hot foods and drinks as a selection.

I'm also sorry to hear about your recent job loss.

Food for thought!

I will have saved $2,300 over 3 years. 2) The break even point for selling, where the loss in equity overcomes the savings from the MIP is 2023.

If you mean the "negotiator" in the loss mitigation dept of the bank you're dealing with.....they are negotiating on behalf of the bank.

The buyer of a property, or an option to buy the property, may have an insurable interest in the property.The key thing to look for is the date of loss. 

In a disaster scenario like that of 90% depreciation in price I would probably be more worried about guns, ammo, food, water, etc not my real estate portfolio =D.I use income decrease of 10, 20, 30 % based on how solid I believe the market is but I would say that if you have to use 40% or more then your market would be highly volatile and you may have to reconsider your stability of your income if we're talking about rentals.

Here's my podcast where I shared my wins, my mistakes...even my biggest LOSS in real estate.http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/04/10/bp-podcast-065-creative-investing-wendell-de-guzman/No pitch.