William Nickerson's 50 year old books are classics today because the basic principles still work.

Basically, you need to spend (IIRC on all of this) three midnights in a hospital you can get skilled nursing benefits for a short period of time. 21 days comes to mind, but I'm not sure.

Hi Jennifer,Um, basically I got all my info by asking questions on this site.

For Josh, the activity must look basically like the "recent forums" tab on BP!

It is important to get one on one time because you are basically interviewing for the house.

In my area, I would sell the bigger one without a doubt, because tenants in my area are looking for smaller places (from the perspective of heating bills), making it potentially harder to rent.

Junior Salters,You said: Previous owner's total expenses for a year were also $2,737.50 which includes property management fee.That expense figure, is only for one year, and it could indicate deferred maintenance.What happens when you need to replace the roof, heating system,etc.

I need to rewire the units and most likely install baseboard heat, upgrade kitchen and baths, etc; so it would be very difficult to do this while occupied.

So, while I thought I was a pretty good salesman, I realized I didn't have a clue that I was following many of the basics of the art until I was in insurance.

I am not sure how the lender would know about the deal if its basically just renting and a separate option to buy.