I started asking questions about the grading on the back side of the buildings, areas only accessible on foot and the mud was a little over ankle deep.

If you are a hard working entrepreneurial thinker and have a "deep rooted" passion for what you want to do, your route may be different and college may not be as necessary.

I do have a lawn care business that I run during the summer months, but that is about to slow down significantly because of the seasons changing.

Welcome, young Jedi ;) Short Sales in New York sounds like a slow, laborious market to be aiming towards.

Keep in mind this is a get rich slow game, so patience is a virtue.

We've always had nice slow and steady residential market here but this year it has gotten quite quite batty.I am selling a house in a hot neighborhood and am puzzled about what price to ask as I don't have any MLS comps.

Too slow;2.

Gold is a slow or non-earning asset, if all you require is to preserve your assets gold is an option, if you're in the game of earning an income and growing assets, jump into RE as an income producing activity, the water is fine.

This property might be difficult to wholesale - if that's what you're asking aboutWholesaling traditionally means buying something at a deep discount (70%), usually all cash and most likely from a buyer (no agents involved), and usually for a property that needs work.Here's a great BP article on wholesalingNow back to the property you're talking about.

If it were me I would weld a heavy steel tab like a 3" section of square tube to each steel post on an angle then about 6' away dig a 4' deep post hole and put a large timber or steel post in it and use my air over hydrolyic jacks to push the wall back.This would at least get the wall away from the house for a few years until you can come up with another plan and the money to do it.I just jacked a house up 6" that had sunk in one corner using four of these jacks, they lifted the place effortlessly.I'm sure you can find someone to temporarily push the wall back and brace it.