But a reasonably smart landlord might not be willing to sell it for that price if he knows how to fix the problem and sell it a year later at a much higher price.

Don't take this the wrong way Allison but whenever I see your last name my thoughts go immediately to "Superbad"...and I think you just cemented that in my mind...lol Tim, I was just about to post a "Smart-***" remark myself... and then I saw your post...

It's my understanding that "assisted living" is in different categories, depending on the degree of assistance and care required. for medically assistedpersons, I know some are the waiting room to heaven and not classified as nursing homes, and then there are those for limited assistance, like someone restricted to a wheel chair and who has say mental issues who can not really be on their own.A friend of mine owns several assisted living facilities and nursing homes.

I was shorting a property(actually having it outsourced because I'm at least that smart lol) and we knew we were going to get it really low, I had it listed at just below FMV and quickly received several offers, one of them being for $13k over asking price and it was a conventional loan with no seasoning issues.

Lets let more smart and educated people into this country.

I was smart enough not to reply but I am curious if there is a happy ending to this all :mrgreen:

It's not only OK, but the smart thing to do!

Very smart, may I ask whats the best place to buy the ingots of silver to start out with?

I am def. interested in a 1031 (just a smart move) but Here is where the tricky party comes in.

Was it smart for her to bring up Mao Tze Tung as an example of someone whose philosophy she respected?