There is some mechanism to prove you're insolvent, though, and avoid these taxes.Business Week has a recent article on short sales.

I read an article recently (Dallas Morning News, I think) that DFW occupancy just droped below 90% for the first time in several years.

Spend a lot of time going through each of the forums and then reading articles, blog posts, etc.

- A Short Sale request is to be approved or denied within 10 daysThis is positive news for short sale investors as it shifts emphasis toward short sales, allows a defined marketing time without risk of foreclosure to the borrower, prevents reductions in realtor commissions, drastically shortens time frames, fully discharges borrowers, and apparently allows for submission prior to being in default.Links for related articles from: Reuters: http://tinyurl.com/yk64mbs Yahoo News: http://tinyurl.com/ydm43yg API: http://tinyurl.com/yj35shj

David - We just put out the following article on the BiggerPockets Blog, which you may find useful:Top 5 Reasons Why the Bank Did Not Accept Your REO Foreclosure Offer!

Interesting TIME article about root cause of the US financial crisis .... not sure I agree but put a different spin on what I've read and believed before:"There is no doubt that the pressure on the U.S. financial system [that led to the financial crisis] came from abroad," says Caballero, who is the head of MIT's economics department.

Basically, blogging, forums, definitely articles like on ezine will help you get your name and website to the top of these engine.

To access your monitored topics, you go to your dashboard, and you can access in one of two ways.By going to the section that reads "My Saved Stuff", where you'll see "saved articles" and "watched forum threads" - click on the "watched forum threads".

, you need to educate yourself by reading all of the Wholesaling articles that you can find online for FREE.

Saw "old Sparky", the chair that was used, many old shanks and other weapons that were used, the noose, and many newspaper articles of things that had transpired.