That proved sufficient, but I was surprised at the amount of upfront costs and small expenses that homeowners and investors face - taxes, assessments, energy bill one time charges, etc, etc.  

At that pont to gain entrance China has to reveal how much gold it has, and it will be both surprising and crippling to us in terms of purchasing power.

Look to see if your company-sponsored 401k has a brokerage option.I was pleasantly surprised to find that mine did.A brokerage option gives you great flexibility; for instance, my "regular" 401k had about 20 funds to choose from.

You will be surprise next time you visit to Burleson, we moved to Burleson in 2008 and it has growing fast.

I have regular rentals as well and it is surprising how different the game is.

Originally posted by @Jeff Copeland at http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/183556-pre-marketing-flip-house-before-the-mls:We recently had surprising success on Facebook with pre-MLS marketing.

Fix It knocks off as usual around 5pm and everything seems normal.Around 10pm I step out on my porch and to my surprise I see Mr.

They then used  this as an excuse to go into the house and check for plumbing codes and ect as well as enforcement of taxes and anything else they can think of to use  it for.I am actually surprised that all cities do not require the owner to be, somehow,  responsible for the utilities and there by force them to be unpaid bill collectors for the city.

Anyone surprised?

We did speak about the deal over a month and a half to work out what would be a good deal for both of us but the conversations were pleasant and I would not be surprised if we end up partnering on some deals or if this investor purchases some of my other rentals.