As you can imagine, combining the discounted gift card idea with 10% coupons leads to HUGE savings.Another idea that I have implemented is to buy a Macy's $500 gift card for say, $350-$380, then go back to Macy's and trade it in for ten (10) $50 gift cards (or 20 $25 gift cards).

I mentioned farmland, prime farmland with a good water source, land that was not denuded by modern chemical farming, land that was near population centers (who are you going to sell to?)

I have located a duplex in a transitional neighborhood that is presently rented on both sides, with combined rents of $900/month.Through my credit union, I believe I can get a 2-yr ARM at 3.75% for 30 years.

Doesnt make sense to me then, we might as well just use our own cash.I am hoping to leverage the properties, but since they don't want to lend on them alone, has anyone had luck combining cash with free & clear property to get the collateral up?

Maybe the combination will be successful.

His talk was geared toward tax reduction strategies for higher net worth investors, combining tax strategies with asset protection and estate planning.

Internet and Real Estate combined is the paradigm shift of the millennium.

., that are among the most stringent in the nation.These considerations make it an amazing place to live, but I think they also make it difficult for landlords.These factors, combined with high property values make it difficult to offer rentals in a lucrative manner.

Many investor require short sale participants (buyer, seller, real estate agents and title companies) to sign a conflict of interest affidavit saying some combination of (1)they are not related to each other (2) the price is a fair market price and (3) the property will not be resold within some time period, usually 90 days. 

I actually worked with some people on one of the world's largest forums (currently indexing about 198,000,000 posts, active and archived combined) on a complete rewrite of the search technology.Along with several thousand in new search servers, the new system basically cut our response time in searches from anywhere up to 10 seconds down to less than half a second.