This is what I think and take it how you want lolSome great pointers and as I always say, I wouldn't be where I am today if I ignored the numerous opinions (positive or negative) I have received from investors over the past 4 years.Thanks again and have a great day.

But if you will think about it -- that is really great attractions... to some people.

Why, simply because of its demographics, tax laws, anonymous offshore banking makes the little nation an attractive venue for large, medium, small business enterprise.

We're not at a bottom yetThe secondary side of the market is not purchasing so the products (loans) aren't all that attractive "yet".

She said the media really needs to be unbiased and give time to all the candidates.This is a problem I've heard numerous times after debates, after speeches, and the voters really are being left out and forced to choose among the ones the media keeps putting in front of us.

I am a foreign national living in Panama where we have the 20 year property tax exemption and among other incentives geared for foreign investment.Panama has and will continue to attract investment dollars due to the forward thinking government here.

I might even fix up the electrical enough to get power up, since I can do all that, and the cost of materials is next to nil, and that will enable me to run fans to air out the property, power tools to do the "puttering around," etc.2) If that fails to make it attractive enough for a cash buyer, offer the best terms possible to minimize the rehabber's out-of-pocket expenses and facilitate the easiest deal.

I have dealt with this numerous times with properties in Texas.

I doubt Detroit ever turns into a ghost town, but you only have to drive through one of the numerous ghost towns scattered all over the country to realize the value of a house can indeed fall to zero.

Twatson that is a great idea - BuyandTry could conceivably work with numerous REI in a bunch of different states, if he knows other soldiers who live and have real estate problems in various states.