If you find yourself in this situation ever, a quick solution may be to simply give the person written permission to use that portion of your land...that breaks the time and chain for them to later claim adverse possession and ownership.

I'm glad you're realizing that you need to think about what you were doing wrong and improve, but simply heading for Jacksonville isn't the magic bullet - if you can't find good deals and buyers on your home turf, what makes you think you can find them elsewhere?

I've worked with some really successful commercial investors and some of the most interesting are those guys who simply have the chutzpah to go out, find deals, work their way into something and find themselves in the middle of great long-term plays.

Detroit loans, like other war zone loans often get in the hands of brokers because they are simply over priced and hard to liquidate.

So, many of these ploys are simply to slow the process of gum up the works allowing time for the "counselor/investor" to figure out some way to get a property sold.

Or simply he wouldn't able to get the new mortgage with chase if he did not pay off the note.

Or put simply: Are people buying RE in Hawaii because they desire homes, or because they think the home prices will rise?

Yet, it is explained simply enough that even I can understand it.

On either side of the table we have structured things with the financier/lender simply providing a note at 10-12% with a 1-yr term ... that's another thing, you better have an exit strategy to make you lender whole in 6-18months.

If it is simply property management, then it does not make sense to pay you more or share in upside gain.