Like previouly stated find out when she plans on having the money but it's all up to you when you start moving forward with legal action.Because my city takes a few weeks to schedule a court date I always file that ASAP just to get the ball rolling.

Jewelry is rather tuff unless you know what it is, get it appraised at least by a jeweler and have a lock box arrangement, otherwise you might get a cubic Z.I do gold and it gets tested and locked up.But personal property needs to be identified and detailed on a UCC form, filed for record to perfect a security interest.

Considering the utilities will not be on, how do you know the pipes are ok, fixtures, electric/ heat works when you cannot test any of this stuff when looking?

It's nice having an income stream rolling in on a flip deal.

@William Franklin While only reading books published since the credit crisis might be good if you were looking for something like How To Make A Million Dollars Overnight With No Money Down Flipping Houses* when it comes to apartment building investment there are many time tested principles which apply in any age.

I am located in Spring, Texas and ready to rock and roll.

I was interested in rolling that capital over into a larger building as a downpayment and leverage myself more

I'm far from a retirement expert, but you may be able to roll the 401K into a self directed IRA and use the funds that way.

I knew the market was getting overheated and ready to crash, but my partner couldn't be convinced.Long story short, my partner refused to sell, the market began to roll over and I thought we were screwed (by that time she had come to her senses).

Slow the roll here a bit.In the United States, we have tax treaties with other counties which essentially state that US sourced income is taxed at 30%.