Add another 5.7 B to the national debt, minimum.

I don't trust any of their valuations.

National REIA might have some start-up help for you.

I own a lot of homes on owner financing which gives me adaquate depreciation(ownership is LLC funneling to an Irrevocable trust) to offset the cash flow from F&c homes.

But I heard, that if you put the deed not into your name or business name, but in the name of a "Land Trust" that a Federal Law says the Bank can not enforce the "Due On" clause so then you can continue to hold the property until you sell it etc.

Never, ever, trust the value a seller gives you.

But, could well be things in your specific area that will buck the national economic situation and trends.

It's a great marketing idea when you are not in the middle of a national anthrax crisis.

In September, Florida had the nation's second-highest foreclosure rate, with one out of every 178 homes in default, according to Realty Trac, an online marketer of foreclosed properties.

TX, #1 in the nation for appreciation last 2 years as projected by Money Mag.