As a former teacher, I've seen how bad things have become in the past decade, and it isn't going to get better any time soon.What's worse is that popular culture is embracing the misuse of words and the media propagates it as well.Its the dumbing down of American Society, and it is happening in front of our very eyes.

It seems to me that an organizer might not be necessary, if anyone had a Q&A they wanted to write up, they could do it and submit it, but even better, there are probably a lot of posts already written that would serve well in a FAQ, so when someone noticed that a common question was answered, the text could just be cut and pasted into the FAQ page and then after a while it could be turned into a formal FAQ with minimal work.

Since I am a tax sale bidder I keep all the records of the past tax sales so I can look up if someone has been in the sale in the past.

This past month, I started studying and joined a couple of real estate investment clubs with the plan to do my first deal in this month of May.

Since CW has both the 1st & 2nd will the min bid be equal to the 1st & 2nd or just the first?

If past experience on other forums/boards is any indication of future actions, I'm probably going to be lurking, asking a few questions here and there, and generally gaining lots of information about the subject before I put it into action.That said, my biggest "fear" right now is analysis paralysis.

The software I use helps investors manage all their prospects, search for sellers so they are prepared when they call, manage their buyers list, schedule their to do list, receive past due notification, and track their campaigns.

Eric, we've seen that up here even in remote Bozeman; the WSJ just ran an article on that in the past 10 days - might be worth digging that one up online if you have a subscription....

BostonHome, I learned a lot going through this the past 20 months.

I have no illusions about instant RE riches, but I would like to be able to make a living at it.I've scheduled the past few months as my RE education period.