Best of luck with your decision.

bernie, man being the specialist you are, i would love to understand the trade better.

When former energy trading giant Enron filed for bankruptcy in 2001, one of the largest at the time, it had $63.4 billion in assets.U.S. prosecutors charged Madoff, 70, with a single count of securities fraud.

If you can’t make a business decision in 2-4 days, you should not be in this business.

(other than insider trading or arbitrage opportunities that only large brokers can take advantage of)

I have found no motivation for letting an REO agent double end deals, as it is really the asset manager of the property making the decision, not the REO agent.

Alternatively, is it reasonable to consider trading for a piece of commercial property (using as an entry point into commercial real estate)?

By using the FNMA bond to guide in decision making over the use of the 10-year Treasury note, you will have a decided edge over those who use only the 10-year Treasury note as a pricing guide.Source: Barry Habib, Mortgage Market Guide, and Bloomberg Charts

The system works very well, and yes changing out a cylinder is a lot faster than writing this post. 10 seconds with my hands full of other stuff (as usual).The basic locks are nothing more than builder quality - but they work fine and i wouldn't trade it for anything.Ed

Seems like a simple business decision to me.