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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davedawg, post: 295577, member: 9026&quot;]plane ticket/comp&#039;ed room in Las Vegas--$200</p><p>One night in Strip Club -- $150</p><p>Paying a bum to help you find your way back to your room -- $50</p><p>Dinner and a show-- $100</p><p>1 spin on the roulette wheel with remaining $500 on one number with 35:1 odds -- $17,500</p><p>Overall net of $17,000, nice hang over with great stories for your friends, and all done over a weekend, not six weeks.</p><p>If that&#039;s not an option, buy one of the 200,000 plus houses going into foreclosure every month during a short sale (Banks are willing to sell under what the mortgage was, taking the lesser of two evils: lose a little money to get a majority of their money back rather than lose more money as it sits on the market) Therefore, already equity in the home, although not much, but rent the house out immediately and have someone else pay your mortgage. Once the market goes up slightly, whenever that is, sell and pocket the profit. In all honesty, I have 2 condos that I bought for $250,000 in 2004. They went up to almost $400,000 in 2006 but have dropped back down. I could care less right now because I pay $0 out of pocket, rent covers the mortgage and condo fees. Long-term retirement plan, but could sell both now and make about $80K to $100K. Yeah, the boom is over but no one can afford houses with all of the teaser mortgages having tanked and rising interest rates. So what&#039;s the alternative? Rent, Rent, Rent. There&#039;s still plenty of money to be made in real estate. Good luck whatever you decide to do. I collect coins as a hobby and have been told by many experienced people in here that it is probably the worst investment you can make. But then again, opinions are like...well, you know. Remember too, 74% of statistics are made up on the spot ;-)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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