Obviously, buying properties this close to the belt is both challenging and exciting.

We called in our realtor (who has 10 years experience, and a few deals under his belt with investors) who did the comps and he advised us the full retail price of the home would be about $200K given that similar houses were selling for $190k-$200k.

If it does work and I have 0 liability issues, I am all for it and all short sale investors could have another option under their belt.

If they want to succeed, then they need to get their act together - keep their families together; discipline their kids; talk English instead of ebonics; GET A JOB; WEAR A BELT; ensure that their kids stay in school; and stop glamurizing the gangster lifestyle.

Well I guess you could look at this with another analogy.I am a third degree black belt fixing to test for fourth soon.I love helping all the students below me and even higher ranks learn from me and I also learn from the higher ranks and lower ranks that have taken other styles before.I could say "I will not share anything with this person that is a white belt because one day they will be better than me".I choose not to do that.You can't live in fear of what others are doing or YOU THINK they will do in the future.It really isn't about that at least to me.Now do you spend hours of productive time teaching them everything for free??

When my hubbie and I took the bootcamp, we already had 10 flips under our belts, so we had a leg up on most others who were attending.

I am a 3rd degree black belt in Taekwondo and testing soon for my 4th degree.I also train in Krav Maga.I also do cardio and weights at the YMCA.I usually work out 5 days a week and take off 2 days.Some days I do doubles with the YMCA and the karate class about 2 1/2 hours total.What I like is with my training there is always something new and the class goes by fast training with others.I used to run 10 miles at the gravel park.Not fast about an 8 minute pace per mile.Here in Georgia the weather can be a beast.

Where do you carry it; ankle or belt?

As you get more deals under your belt your net profit will get much bigger.

Once I get a few deals under my belt and the business grows I will then scale back and slowly turn rehab over to a trusted GC.