Maybe it would save money to offer these uninsured access to a pool of options (none publicly run this is the change Tim as far as I can tell) to access preventative care.2) "Moral" argument to provide healthcare to all citizensAll human beings should have a right to health care, because its amoral to stand by and let another human being suffer etc...I think these are the two main reasons for Health Care reform.Personally, I think #1 is absolutely accurate, but reason #2 is bull in SOME cases.

While we're on the topic of the dashboard, can we get a "more" button on the recent forum activity?

I removed the duplicate and moved this post to a more appropriate place.As for an answer to your question, I'll leave that to the experts in rural properties.

I've decided to pursue real estate in a more focused manner.My plan is to focus on wholsaling REO's intitially and look forward to picking at everyone's brains until I'm competent enough to close some deals and actually contribute to this great site!

Rael,I don’t think you can get a more succinct answer than Jon gave you.

Making hard money loans or leveraging into properties is a more profitable use of cash.

If you take a video of the same scene, you'll obtain a more complete picture.

I asked my Realtor what about making a competitive offer and he said it's sufficient to let the listing agent know that we also have interest in the property and they should contact us if their deal doesn't go through.Another guy I talked to told me that some agents will break contracts (even in the middle of inspection) if a more competitive offer is on the table.

If not, what would a more seasoned reo investor take out or add in to get more counter offers?

I'm a bit blunt myself but when in situations where tact is very important (ie: discussions with an emotional wife) I try to put myself in the other person's shoes and look at the situation from their perspective.It has helped me immensely to become a more effective communicator and work out win-win outcomes.