Hi all,As mentioned above, I am based in Brisbane, Australia, but am striking out in the USA - the deals are just too good :)I have been in business for 10 years (business consulting, web design, online publishing), but have decided that real estate is how I want to build my wealth, so am here to learn :) I have just done some coaching with the Kiyosaki team, which has introduced me basically to USA RE, now for the real lessons!

And believe me, we've seen folks overdue it and lose money because they went overboard with "green" materials so it definitely makes sense to speak with a "green" consultant before jumping into any crazy projects.

However, their judgement (right or wrong) of what we do, has an effect on the market place that we rely on to do business.Again, as I said before, they tend to write laws that govern our day to day activity, and if you think that there are no investors consulting with the banks for investor insight, think again.

Have you tried consulting an attorney?

Once you see the property and decided what you want to offer you should consult with a lawyer to help you draft an offer on your state's form.

I consult many real estate groups and I have used AdWords about twice... after a year of tweaking their site, writing articles for online publications (ezinearticles, helium), keeping a blog and posting on forums.The "if you build it, they will come" corny saying is completely true with web marketing.

I'm trying to decide if I should keep the house and rent it our...or spend all the time I would have spent on the house and do IT consulting on the side instead, making $75 - $100+ / hour.Thanks!

Consult a CPA and attorney!

try to work something out with her...hell, give her the deposit back so she can move on and so you can too..I would highly advise against doing this without consulting an attorney first.

You should consult with a good mortgage broker and see when you will be able to qualify and make sure any deal does not require you to refinance before that reasonable period need to get on track.