One of my very close friends was a Finance major who went to work for a large commercial real estate firm as a broker after we graduated.

Also, try looking on a large trustee web site in your area… Usually they will have a Q&A, procedures, or buying at foreclosure sale information.

When you add all that up, it will eat more than your monthly posted cash flow over the long haul.Now, if you bought in an area where you could likely expect great future appreciation and could sustain negative cash flow in exchange for the tax deductions and future large appreciation, then perhaps you have a decent deal for yourself under such circumstances.

A TIC is normally a large commercial property with many owners and a professional management company.

As more and more home owners find themselves in negative equity territory banks have every motivation to negotiate.I also think that a large percentage of the home owner population would rather avoid foreclosure even if that means hanging on to a home that is worth less than the outstanding mortgage for some time.So if somebody is willing to pay a mortgage for a place with negative equity the bank has every incentive to keep that person in the house.

Besides investing I work for large mortgage company and have to deal with this ARM loan issue day in and day out Originally posted by "TeCKis300":My first post but I've been lurking for awhile.

Ineptitude, dishonesty, and conflicts of interest.I believe that the entitlement mentality looms large in cultures throughout the world.

Shiller (Case-Shiller fame) said Dallas largely missed the bubble so he is not expecting much of a price correction is most of TX, Dallas included.What brought you to RE?

Risky but you likely know the drill there.If you did some large deals you might be able to deal with the liens.

From an SEO standpoint an external blog does almost nothing other than potentially offer some back-links.So moving the blog to an external site might work well for people that do not have a website or do not need/want to improve their organic search rankings.But in my case that is a large portion of why I have a blog.