Stop spending money we don't have (both personally and as a nation).

Your fairly new to the forums, spend a lot of time studying, there are several good recent threads on how to determine a good deal.

You can't just run over there and spend an hour and $15 to deal with some minor problem.

That causes people to spend less, and it causes some people to lose their homes.

I'd spend my time networking with money providers referred by people who aren't going to get a cut by sending you to some marketing website.

btw, 2K is what some people spend in cigarettes in 6 months... yuck!

Congress scolded insurance giant American International Group Inc. for spending $440,000 on spa treatments for executives just days after the company took $85 billion from taxpayers.

Typically these types of lenders will give you up to 65% of ARV as a max loan facility, but will only extend an initial amount equal to 65% of the current value, which may or may not cover purchase and rehab costs.

Tie this little dodge into the history of intelligent and brutal business sense & it just heightens the respect for these sharp dudes.They both get to watch their "competitors" take it on the chin PERSONALLY now, while JPM & GS execs spend their "private" bonuses on the French Riviera all by themselves.http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?

Never over-leverage or over-extend yourself.