Try being positive, it puts a smile on people's faces.I just joined the Mercedes forum too.

It's a great time to get in right now when you can still find positive cash flow and amazing appreciation here.

We will use the high end of this range ($100k)   This implies the initial negative equity position is $150k  $150k (initial negative position)/$350 (cash flow) takes 428 months to recover the initial negative position (35 years).  

That does not mean it is approved, but it is a positive.  

WE figured homeless or someone Od.. called the cops they hauled the body out and that was the end of that.

While I could write a whole dissertation as to way, I have no appetite to enter into a kind of discussion in which too often egos become prevalent over helping one another.What I would do if I was in your position is to ask about investing in the US to somebody who actively invests there and ask about investing overseas to somebody who actively invests in Europe and the Caribbean and then draw your own conclusions.

The problem is I have no idea of knowing what is owed on the first position deed of trust.

There’s only a few possible results and most of them a positive. 

When I maintained my position that I wouldn't be paying 10K up front, Dmitri then insulted my section 8 investing knowledge and suggested that if I wasn't ready to move forward, then it was because I didn't understand enough about section 8 to begin with.

:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.