When you finish, you can compare what each has to offer and make a better decision.The training and mentoring is the most valuable thing a brokerage can offer.

Or are you looking to become more of a traditional Realtor?

wheatie,I will compare rent thanks for the ideas on how to...$1400 does not include hoa feeshoa does allow rental I have moved in and i have great credit, its hers thats been beaten up, and as i said ive got 10k saved so far, but you are right..both renting and selling is a looser in this situation it looks like.

In this tight lending market, there are many who can not fully qualify for traditional loans, therefore your market is reduced.

An even better question is discount as compared to what?

If you take 2005's M-3 compare it against the true capital, there is a multiple of 33 to 1 of "vapor paper" to real money.

Compared to taxes in Bucks in the 3-6K range annually.West Philly is only a 40 min. drive so it's not that bad.

Destruction thusfar seems relatively minor (compared to Katrina and others).

If you dont sell the house, you can then fall back to all the traditional methods like Open Houses, hiring a realtor, or go further afield with eBay or an essay contest.

I would throw IRR out the window right off the bat as useless compared to MIRR.