They clean up their dog's "poo" by flinging it down the hill with a shovel.

It is preffered in case the companies go under (senior to common in default), it is a fund so it is diversified, and it has a pretty darn good yield (currently 9.3%).I think a lot of BPers might enjoy that tip.

(There's still clean-up to do.)

Anyone have any tips when dealing with these guys?

as my host and have custom-designed all 4 of my sites.Personally, when I visit a broker's site I want something clean and easy to navigate; no noisy or visual bells and whistles, please.

Yes, in the scheme of the payoff AIG got in return and the followup screw job dealt to the executives who were asked by congress to step in and clean up AIG's mess.

Worst case, I plan on cleaning up the front yard just to keep the neighborhood looking nice, but I'm really thinking of making an offer.

Jared,Another quick tip from a Buyer Agent/Investor (who love's L/O), First find out how much $/commission the listing was for.

Mark brings up some great tips, but I'm guessing you're already settled with the broker you've chosen.

Just got my return back from him, so I'm going to spend some time figuring out exactly how he categorized everything so I can do it more cleanly in the future.My understand is that the improvements you make before its rent ready go into the basis.