One side of that gray box is telco only, you can't touch that; the other side is for the customer to connect to.

While I would have preferred that $15k I had coming to me, I still got a lot of value from the education.

I need to get on more often because I really prefer it to FacebookI also contribute to the BP blog.

He doesn't always use his own money, so yes he benefits from the form his 5 points, and then the actual investor whom gives him the cash wants to see his money earning interest, preferably for more than 2-4 months, hence to make it worth while for his investor to lend for such a short term he sees it necessary to up the rate.

Again, the best way to have secured lines is not through a secured credit card that can fund itself, but a loan to be repaid over time, amortized, that is secured by an asset, like a CD as the CD does not make payments for you.The whole things is about seeing how people manage money over time, paying as agreed, where they must make the effort to make the payment, not an arrangement where, if they fail to pay the payment is deducted from an account, there is no money management activity there, shows little effort.Secured credit lines are most important to secured lenders, the guy at the Rent To Own store is more interested in how customers pay revolving debt, past rent to own accounts than thier home loan.

.- Investing in low-income areas is strictly a preference thing.

However, the latter is probably a better definition for a property that no one has shown any substantive interest in, by other occupying, renting out, paying property taxes for the last year or two, or recently recording a transfer deed or mortgage that would suggest that they do have an active interest.I still prefer the term 'orphan' property that I coined for the "don't wanter" type houses.

I usually get permission (with a $75 gift certificate to our local Texas Roadhouse) to have an 1-2 hour open house (preferably on a Sunday afternoon).

Not to say that you can't be very successful basing investments around speculation/appreciation, but it's much harder to do, and most experienced investors prefer the other route.With that said, hopefully you will be able to provide us some new ideas and thoughts based on your plans and what you're learning about the international market.

Since I am out of state I prefer not to take on major renovation so it would probably be worth to a local investor to make me an offer and take the property off my hands otherwise I will repair and rent to section 8 for 625 month the taxes are around 1100 and insurance will be 60 a month.