It is not necessarily worth: -the asking price -a price at which it sold for before -current active "comps" -what an appraiser says No one cares what property used to sell for, only what it will fetch in the current open market...today.

One tactic by lenders that is being spread by my contacts who are close to short sale activity is this..

I know I went to a couple of meetings before I found one that had the right mix of active people.

Dig into the debate.Oh yea, and consider putting up a picture of youself or symbol or such as your avatar - the little shadow guy holding the dollar sign screams out 'passive' - we want you active.

I will try to answer most of your questionsOwning a duplex and living in one unit while renting out the other offers numerous tax advantages over owning and living in a single-family home.

Get active and ask lots of questions and you'll learn a lot.Good luck,donrock

Please feel free to contact me or ask me any questions, I enjoy being active on forum boards and create and open up topics on subjects we all enjoy

The area had a large amount of foreclosure activity but is starting to stabilize.

Just want to see if there's any active members out there from the Pittsburgh, PA area that would be interested in exchanging information, ideas, goals, ect.

As I'm posting this...I see that I still have an active profile and would very much so consider myself apart of the BP community.