A friend of mine is fighting for his IRA now - he has been using the funds as hard money to lend it to a flipper and now it looks like the cash is gone.

The first way (that most people think of) is that they are fighting for a bigger piece of a single pie - in order for anyone to get more, someone must be getting less.

IF the requirement is 30 days, and IF she doesn't have a long term lease in place, then if the seller issues the notice before the 1st of June, you could have her out by the first or second week of July if she doesn't put up a fight.

The market is going to be what it's going to be but do you have the commitment to fight through what the market will through at you.

Two weeks later they came crawling back and wanted to help "fight" the appraisal. 

Do I need to hire a lawyer to fight for me?

Just 3 dozen people fighting over the same leads. 

You're either going to spend money/time fighting it out w/ an eviction or paying a company to do it and trying to get repaid... 

Annchen (Fighting Texas Aggie Class of '09 :-)

Also having an explicit business model and vision helps keep one or the other from straying into territory that would create a fight.