If we count the gains, lets count the losses.

Any political jokes will result in a beerboarding - and not with good beer, we're talking Pabst Blue Ribbon.Got this one today from a realtor:One Sunday, in counting the money in the weekly offering, the pastor of the Granville Presbyterian church found a pink envelope containing $1,000.

Good connections count and make it easier to fund the next project.

             If you consder restoring the honor in this country and fiscal responsibility as absurd beliefs, count me in that group.

As to your home, there are basically two options that would make sence, sell it or rent it.Your rents will need to be about 120% of your principal, interest, taxes an insurance costs to allow for anything to be counted as income from the rental.

What the city says only counts for tax time.

Remember they usually count weekend and holidays as part of the period so every day counts when trying to schedule inspectors to get in there.

Sure, but it does leave you open to the criticisms you have heard.Essentially every poster in both threads has had the same impression so I think it is not realistic to call all our impressions "ridiculous".BTW, the previous post I mention is from last month and begins, by my count, with 3 self-congratulatory proclamations of success.

I have heard that they will count 75% of the rent toward the mortgage, but what if I am buying a pre-foreclosure or some other SFR that isn't currently rented?

I know this sounds like a big pain in the *** and for most people it is but the truth is if you have the tolerance for this you can make money, if you don't want to put in the extra effort and you count solely on people who know you are 2000 miles away, you are very likely to not get what you think you are paying for.You reap what you sew is the moral of the story.