I agree with CRPell - with most of America, usually an hour to an hour and a half drive will take you into a good investing area (with the exception of southern california - takes too freakin long to get out of the mountains).

Byron Dorgan "Then how about making the act of running a business in America less expensive A--HOLE!

Did you catch that report they did some time last week on Good Morning America?

Also, as Jon said I use Bank of America bill pay to pay all of my mortgages...this was probably one of the best things I did, because it saves me a ton of time and I no longer have to spend time writing checks.

My goal is to become financially independent of Corporate America through real estate investment, specifically in multi-family units by December 2010.

Maybe I can contact the high school clubs here in the area, like the FBLA (future biz leaders of america) to see if they are interested!

The implications of the coming Obama disaster for America reach far beyond economics.

oh your not wrong mate. a few years ago MBNA one of our largest banks and huge source of employment in the area i live was taken over by bank of america. last year one of our biggest lenders in the UK "the abbey" (my mortgage provider) was taken over by santander group, and over the past two months they santander have also taken over 2 more national high street lenders "alliance and leicester" and "bradford and bingley".It's a perfect example of how corporations rule the world and the philosophy of the rich get richer while the poor end up on their arse

However, I do not feel it is the Governments role to stop a couple from being together and enjoying the rights and freedoms that America provides.

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