If it goes vacant all of 2009, though, be prepared for an audit, because if you can't rent it for 18 months, then you're not trying and it looks like tax evasion.#1 piece of advice is to drop your rent rates immediately.

Let me pose this question, how many people on here give back to their communities, have you donated some sweat equity, give some money to a charity, even said a kind word to a homeless guy/ gal on the street.My personal opinion is that these political parties are set up to keep people under control and thats it.... everyone was so happy and filled with hope for obama now he's going to be the death of our america; there is no our america its is and always will be changing; john f. kennedy faced hell to get elected because he was catholic and it was though he was going to be taking orders from the pope, now he's looked back on with rose tinted glasses.People fight so hard against education and understanding the world outside of their little box; i've seen programs where people would shout burn the books but leave our bible alone; people still thinks the sun revolves around the earth, or don't know where the sun goes at night. . . its not about democrats or republicans i'm sure most of you guys know that those parties basically flipped during the civil rights era; i often hear people say were the party of abraham lincoln really what does that mean, in todays world it means nothing!

.- Buying apartments means you'll need fewer loans, but unless you are really prepared, you probably don't want to make that leap without cash or experience.

It may sound a little like over preparing and maybe the bank even thought it was kind of "cute" but I learned A LOT writing my plan down and making it make sense.

The crowd has died down and the programs are not put together very well.

We are prepared to keep the property as a long term investment, or simply hold for a few years and cash out.

If you are real estate agent broker or company we have incentive programs for referrals.

I also really like your idea about reading books on past crises to prepare.I'm going to create a topic entitled "What Are You Reading to Prepare for the Worst' and hope you will contribute some titles.Thanks - Mark

Regrouped again, and now we have all of these programs slowing down the free market system.

Plus, it's really helpful when you're working a shortsale as the buyer and have the BPO prepared for the agent when he comes to the property!