I guess I got food on the brain and I'm trying to get ready to go feed my face.

Once your situation is stabilized, that is, you have a roof over your head and food on the table, then you can start looking into real estate, nursing or whatever.

Closing this morning on a Short Sale transaction with two lien holders and an HOA lien that has been over 9 long months of crazy ups and downs.

There are stories on here that will make you cry but that will not put food on your table.

From the looks of it, making reasonable bid at auction can score a good deal on a home, and if the deal is "too good to be true" then lien/mortgage holders can buy the right to the deed from you within 1 year for a 20% premium.

yes.however, there was a show recently detailing the precious commodities/food/natural resources in the U.S.A.The value of these alone came to well above the trillion mark (whatever number you call that after a trillion).the US is fine; we just don't like to advertise it. :)Another thing people fail to mention (in us competing w/ China & India now) is our ability to entreprenuer.There's quite a few awesome entreprenuers on this website alone...

I agree with John's basic views above, there is much to be said for getting to the table when the food is hot.

They live there for a couple years and move up the food chain.

I made my mom come out and look at all the food that was just sitting there.I unclogged the pipe, mixed the tank, watched the truck pump it all out, and cleaned the outlet filter

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