According to the Federal Reserve, commercial and industrial loans from banks and short-term commercial paper not backed by collateral dropped almost 3 percent over the last year, to $3.27 trillion from $3.36 trillion.

The last I checked, the numbers when calculated showed women's income increasing on average by 1.25-2% per year.

The week to week paycheck is really what has been keeping me going.Anyone have some good suggestions where I could start getting my feet wet in the real estate industry.

I don't really believe in it myself, especially not for the average person.

Yearly PITI: roughly $28,000 Yearly association fee: $2500 Cleaning fees (paid by renters) Yearly average utilities (cable, phone, heat, electric): $3240 Yearly advertising costs (vrbo/homeaway.com etc): $600 Total costs: $34400 The house rents solid 3 months in the summer and 3 months in the winter.

Yearly PITI: roughly $28,000 Yearly association fee: $2500 Cleaning fees (paid by renters) Yearly average utilities (cable, phone, heat, electric): $3240 Yearly advertising costs (vrbo/homeaway.com etc): $600 Total costs: $34400 The house rents solid 3 months in the summer and 3 months in the winter.

A rule of thumb is that expenses, over time, will average 40-50% of the rent.

I am concerned that the new regulator that Bush appointed is going to overreact to the market and make it too difficult for the average person to acquire a mortgage.

On average how much of a discount can you get from a short sale?

I would just like to introduce myself.My name is Les Ilive in Cheshire England.I have been investing in property since christmas 2006 i was made redundant after 25 years in the chemical industry. since then i have purchased six props using the NMD route most of them needed full refurb's.i am very interested in the options route this seems very popular here at the moment.i am part of a group of investor's.