Luckily my homeowners insurance is willing to pay for new roofs, gutters, fascia, and to my surprise siding!

Im surprised your first property didn't sell, if the ARV was really 180k you should have easily got 70% ARV - repairs.Things I would look at are:1) Are your ARV and your repair estimates correct?

My wife is from Massachusetts so of course a Patriots fan.Not sure who will win it.I do think the Patriots have a better chance because they remember the surprise upset of the last Super Bowl they faced the Giants in.My team is the Atlanta Falcons but we can just never get it together in the playoffs.If Atlanta doesn't go past the first round next year the head coach Mike Smith will either be fired or asked to step down is what I am predicting.

I'm actually surprised a bank allowed you to do a short sale on the other properties if they would have saw you had a house that was completely paid off and a heloc of 100k with 78k available.

It would not surprise me to see $5 per gallon gas.

I was really surprised to discover this a couple years ago thought it was a mistake, but I've since refinanced all my mortgages into them.

Surprisingly, my offer was accepted the next day and we are under contract.

If you think properties are available at a 30-50% discount you've listened to the guru's fantasy pitches Don Konipol, your comment surprises me.

Jessica, if you paid it off and it was just a few years ago, like three, you might be surprised as credit issues arising from unforseen medical issues is a quickly forgivable sin.

Finding someone who would do the refi based on a new appraisal is a little surprising.