It is not a get rich quick program regardless of what gurus preach, it takes time, effort, patience, and determination but can be done.

Plus it shows them that you respect their time and effort unlike the other investors that call them 20 times a week and never compensate them.Other than that,just low ball her and hope it works!

Cramer currently works on a new project, MainStreet.com, in an effort to bring stock savviness to Main Street.

This has turned into a great thread...Tim's point about looking outside real estate is a very good one...while RE will provide semi-passive income (landlording requires some effort), non-RE deals where you put in a good bit of sweat equity, knowledge and expertise can generate many, many times the cash-flow...And the suggestions about loans and notes are great if you're looking for opportunities much more passive than landlording...

Perhaps that would be a solution too...but people would likely just vote for those that promise them the most benefits for the least amount of effort on their generation.

How does this not inspire Libertarians to join the effort to bring the Republican party back to where it is supposed to be?

If you are genuinely trying to educate and help people, you will find that you are going to be quite successful getting people to attend your seminars - provided you market it well and make it very clear that you have no ulterior motive other than to educate the audience.You may even find that other people like yourself may wish to be presenters at your seminars.

Well, after speaking to an attorney friend in Florida, he told me that foreclosure actions are sometimes taken by the HOA in an effort to spur on a reactionary lis pendens.Turnsout many associations property values have been impacted by slowness of lenders to foreclose.

Guess it wasn’t worth that much effort to them.

Its proven to be more cost effective than dealing with a broker who normally needs to charge a fee to get a loan done, and has also proven to be way more cost effective comparably to the depository institutions we've all known to love throughout the years who usually have their attention and efforts spread over a broad range of financial services.