On the other hand I was thinking I can just move to a cheaper (yet safe) rental area myself and put my investment cash as downpayments into 1 or 2 SFH's that would cash flow.

Time to retail some houses.Does anybody have good books/online resources that cover retailing start-to-finish?

I wanted to be the first to wish all BP members a safe happy one.

How does that investor make it a safe bet for you?

Would it be a safe goal to say for every 8-10 deals I wholesale, I should perhaps keep one to hold for cash flow?

I am wondering if replacing the three pronged outlets with GFCI outlets - on the no ground wire locations - would be as safe and acceptable.

I decided not to do the training and use that money to educate myself through more books (that seemed way cheaper in price now :D) and more online resources.Day 3, we go face to face with the salespitch and gracefully decline.

Get an online fax like Callwave to take in all your faxes and go to a paperless documentation system.

I am big fan of a barbell strategy in times like this. 80 to 90 percent of your money in something safe that produces income, the rest in the most leveraged, speculative investment.

NYFD, NYPD, and all the ferry boat operators also did a great job of getting everyone off quickly and safely.