It has not been an easy decision.

This was certainly an increase of income and not a negative situation.Good call, Rich...this is the point I was going to make...These days, I would highly recommend to anyone who wants to make some easy money that they should buy an REO that's in decent condition, live in it for two years, and then sell to cash out the equity, tax-free.

I can come up with 5% fairly easy whenever, but 15k-20k will take up to 6 months to gather.

I do think we've got another year of "easy money" at least, so precious metals should be fine.....for a little while.

With the VW plant moving here, the mid to higher end rentals are easy to fill.

James Isham thinks outside the box, and is very easy to work with.

If you take the latter reasoning and set up a new company for long-term holdings I think it would be very easy to signal to the IRS what your intent is by taking title at the outset in the proper entity.

I believe renav.com, a paid subscription site, provides consoldiated info and easy way to check comps, but much of the functionality requires a subscription.

Some say it’s about as easy as finding a needle in haystack!

Money does not come easy regardless of what the gurus preach!