I went to a foreclosure mediation with someone this morning and one of the options the lender gave her (the homeowner) was a short sale re-finance, where the homeowner can actually purchase her home back in a short sale (through another lender, I'm sure).

My 2010 goals Real estate: - close 5 deals a month (whole sale) - create a working relationship with 1 new investor from the BP family a month - start buying properties using my SDIRA Personal: - pay off all of my consumer debt (cedit cards by may) - get more involved in auto acutions - sell 1 car/motorcycle a month - get 2 new motorcycles ( GSX-R 1000/ soft tail custom) - new truck - start training for local pistol comp.

Tim hasn't really done a damn thing to procure this buyer.Tim should accept his $10,000 commission with grace and see it for what it is - a gift horse.Bob should pay Tim because in this hypothetical case, I'm Bob and I'm sort of a soft-hearted chump who tends to pay people even when they're not 100% deserving.

I have several notifications this morning from monitored topics.

Buildings have a way of waking up one morning and saying "hmmm, I think I want to spend $5,000 today".

Our mornings start together when we get up at 5AM to work out in our gym at home.On weekends she comes along and we work together on the homes and sometimes we bring our spoiled dog too.

Thanks guys for all your great welcomes :) I do have some questions but I'm just getting started this morning and as soon as I can I'll list them and maybe get some great answers from you guys :) Happy Monday!!

The market is soft right here, I am not sure how long it would sit on the market and I can start collecting rent now and if I change my mind, I can always sell it.

. - there was no roof work done- the bank had done a new roof- we did change the siding however it was an ugly blue color when we first bought.Kevin-Thanks so much- I'll post before pictures as soon as possible- rehab took exactly 5 months- yesterday was 5 months to the day that we bought it- Longer than it should have taken.Justin- As far as the whole realtors license will have my uncle look into if he wants to pursue that- I'm not able to do that due to my current employer.Raj- I'm located in PG county maryland.Zak- Thanks for the comments.Stinson- Yes houses are usually sold with a fridge in maryland- The applicance I actually got them at a 4th of july sale so I bought the whole set including microwave for $2300Tim- Thanks for the comment- I scoured mls for the property, its also in a neighborhood we knew as I lived there years ago and my uncle and I also have a few rental properties in the same subdivision- I'm an MLS junkie- I look on it morning, night and while at work.

Thanks Robin...I spoke to the listing agent on Homepath this morning to setup a walkthrough.