My opinions on American life and working 9 to 5 (or in programmers' cases, 9-9) are probably radical in a place like this.

It was like the TV show American Pickers , they were bundling , " 5 houses for $25,000 ' .  

Theres some things in life you just dont do, and building crackerboxes should be one of them.When you compare the american dream of 1950 to the dream of 2013, its a major rip off!

China's rising middle class has already become a very, very large market for American and European companies.

Make sure they belong to a national inspector association like ASHI (American Society of Home Inspectors) or NAHI (National Association of Home Inspectors).

I recently found out American Standard and Trane are basically the same product.

Over 60% of Americans own their own home.

Hi guys Similar position to this poster but purchasing 3 small houses in maryland for 60-85k each.Closing costs seem high though they are including 14 months of prepaid taxes and homeowners insurance in their figure.On a $65k loanPrepaidOrigination fee $726Tax service to first American $89Flood certification $8Title services $750Total prepaid $1550Origination fee $250Appraisal $575Credit report $7514 mo homeowners insurance $70014 mo taxes $2880Title services and lender title insurance $422Owners title insurance $300Recording fees $175Transfer taxes $2000 (split with seller so mine are $1000)Survey $250Misc fees $160Total CC $9797.80 minus the $1000 transfer tax split is $8797.80Kicker is I have 3 houses at this cost.

In the beginning, something that got me motivated to take charge was thinking about my financial future and looking at the statistics of the average American at retirement.

I refer to it as my "American Express", because I never leave home without it.