It's not like we have the cash sitting in the bank just waiting for her to make up her mind about it.

How much in liquid capital reserves do you have (most banks will want to see around 6 months of PITI payments sitting in the bank)

I sit around and figure out ways to make deals work, and there is almost always a way :-)  

Now, as a result of our overseas assignment, the renting out of our own home has re-ignited my itch to invest in RE, although I'm sitting on my hands until we return to the States.  

They have a house sitting there empty, figure they might as well make some money on it without putting much thought or effort into it, put it up for a cheap price hoping to may a quick buck - often in many cases never reinvesting a single dollar back into the property - and end up getting perpetually sub-par tenants.  

However, starting this spring most waterfront houses that were "speculatively" priced way high started sitting, and sitting and sitting.

Sitting around tonight paying the tax bills on the ppties that we're holding first position paper on.

i come across cash flowing rentals all the time i have 9 of them sitting on my desk right now for sale if anyone is interested please contact me Thanks dale www.rehabberonline.com

We built our primary residence about 8 years ago for $500K...we did the bare bones, so we re-fi'ed several times making improvements over the 8 years, ending up with the 600K balance.2.

You know, put a frog in a pot of cold water and very gradually turn up the heat; it just sits there unaware its being boiled alive.My personal opinion is the Fed is making the interest on bonds more attractive.