I’m looking to get started in a similar fashion.

I told him he needed to get to the nearest Western Union and purchase $2,000 worth of reloadable debit cards (10 in the amount of $200). 

I know it's fashionable now, and politically expediant to bash Bush and say what a great job Obama is doing, but it's also drivel if every single thing is not taken into account. imo

I guess I'm old fashioned in my way of thinking and like to avoid getting to deep into the loan/credit/lien exposure... 

Sorry @Bob Malecki I've never had a problem with any SD IRA company deploying funds in a timely fashion besides Equity Trust.  

I may try to start my own in the western suburbs.

It means trouble in some form or fashion and all it takes to remedy is $$$$$$$

The mayor appears to manage the town in a notably "communistic" fashion, supporting lower-income Latin voters (e.g. my house receives four turkeys each Thanksgiving holiday) and discouraging external investment.

Lately I have been driving for dollars near my current residence in the western suburbs of Chicago, but having a hard time finding distressed properties. 

People who have lived here for their entire lives and whose families have been here since before western contact are leaving for economic reasons.