We have found a home....great...older yet established neighborhood...very close to a booming area of our town.

When the rubber meets the road they owner gets real money establishing a true equitable interest that I can hold feet to the fire if they change their mind (at least to the extent of getting funds back to the buyer of motivating them to sell).BTW, options do not "tie up" a property, any property can be sold subject to that option being taken.

I have been looking at properties, but I am unsure of how to establish their actual value.

This particular lender was a real person dealing with real local people who have established businesses in the area.

I just dug it up, this is from the coresspondance i received denying my claim " the law in maryland has long been established that before a local government is required to pay a citizen for a loss, the claimant must first show that the city had notice of the defect that caused the loss and a reasonable opportunity to repair the defect.

I've just graduated college and feel I have an unbelievable opportunity to get started working under a mentor I established a relationship with the previous summer.Anyways, I've found that reading relevant quotes fires me up more and more and gets me thinking about the grueling workload I'll be facing come January.Since we can all use a bit of motivation every now and then, below are some of my favorite quotes I've come across recently:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

I've just graduated college and feel I have an unbelievable opportunity to get started working under a mentor I established a relationship with the previous summer.Anyways, I've found that reading relevant quotes fires me up more and more and gets me thinking about the grueling workload I'll be facing come January.Since we can all use a bit of motivation every now and then, below are some of my favorite quotes I've come across recently:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The IRS could easily see this as a transaction by each of you designed to benefit yourself, and therefore disqualified to your respective IRA accounts. 

From HUD themselves... 4155.1 4.B.2.bFHARequirementfor EstablishingOwnerOccupancyAt least one borrower must occupy the property and sign the securityinstrument and the mortgage note in order for the property to be consideredowner-occupied.FHA security instruments require a borrower to establish bona fide occupancyin a home as the borrower’s principal residence within 60 days of signing thesecurity instrument, with continued occupancy for at least one year.The entire text of the HUD requirements can be found here...http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?

New Horizons REG Business PlanMisson Statement: New Horizon Real Estate Group will be established to form a profitable and sustainable business model in Real Estate Investing.