And then some of the odd actions taken, which appear as smoke screens, like the fed's instituting a new way to calculate CPI that does not factor in 1/2 of the true mass market factors, so to appear that there is little to no inflation.

I bet you can create your own better marketing documents, including pitch book and projections and everything!!

My calculations say we might manage to get back $9-12K out of the original investment, along with the new money and the promised interest.OTOH, there's a real chance the whole mess does just linger and now I've thrown good money after bad.

I'm betting over for my areas I work in and have already seen this happening.

I agree with James and think that your best bet is to take a few months to plan and find the best way for you to invest.

how do i calculate closing costs if i am a buyer and seller in CA?

But most of the time I only buy the once where the money is used for interbank lending rather than betting on movements of a certain underlying (FX, or stocks or index)Bear in mind I am based in China!

I have never sat down and calculated a hard percentage, but I would say I'm right around 50%.The returns I'm earning from real estate are far greater than anything in the stock market.

Your not looking for these tenants to be a tenant/buyer, your looking for them to produce cash flow and your betting that the property value will increase during your option contract.

If there's a note on those places, I'd bet he folds soon.