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Have you been hurt by the downturn?

I haven't seen much impact from the downturn - until recently.

We've got a SFR with 283,000 in equity. We wanted to sell that and put our equity to work in something that will generate cashflow.

NO BUYERS. Market here is dead.

We will be okay - finally decided to just rent it out.... found a tennant over the weekend and rent *almost* covers debt service.

I'm also noticing - generally - that credit is just drying up. We are shopping loans for another self-storage facility. Its a great project... about 50% LTV. Plenty of income to cover debt (1.3) ... some banks have told us... "great project, but we have no money to lend"
 
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Katv xepvif vu tvevi vji ucwouat...

Vjot ot xjz jewoph qutovowi detjgmux us ev mietv csieliwip detjgmux ot TU onqusvepv.

Xjodj mieft vu vji piyv raitvoup.... Ov't edvaemmz vji eptxis!

Xjev dep ci fupi vu qsuvidv zuastimg cigusi e fuxpvasp jovt?

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Iwip muvt ug vji qiuqmi up vji sf gusan jewi "pu xepvist" us vjiz depv eggusf vu dessz vji qsuqisvoit vjiz jewi. Et xovj nutv catopitt ov tiint vjiz fupv jewi ipuahj gapft vu qez vji commt.
Vjip ug duasti O liiq hivvoph neom gsun caomfist vjev esi uggisioph jahi opdipvowit. Og tunivjoph timmt O liiq xupfisoph xjev ephmi vu qmez xovj vjev nupiz.
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Vji qesv vjev ot hivvoph vsodlz ot vji gopepdoph. Xovj vji ceplt iyqisoipdoph meshi pancist ug figeamvt, vjiz esi tiwisimz vohjvipoph vji mipfoph tvsopht. Tu vjisi esi fiemt hemusi cav zua jewi vu gopf tuniupi xommoph vu howi zua e 70-80% MVW muep up ep opwitvnipv qsuqisvz, xovj pu tietupoph siraosinipvt. Sihesfmitt ug zuas dsifov tdusi, et e pup-inqmuzii, vjot cidunit foggodamv vu fu. Foggodamv, cav puv onquttocmi... epf O muwi e huuf djemmiphi : )
 
Jisi op Gmusofe, vji mayasz juni nesliv jet fidmopif e muv op vji metv duaqmi ug ziest. Ov ot wisz vuahj vu timm e $5 nommoup+ juni. Uav ug ecuav 20 pix duptvsadvoup junit vjev O muulif ev op 2001, nusi vjep jemg ug vjin esi tvomm inqvz. Vjev't toy ziest ug piwis jewoph epzupi mowoph op vji junit.


Xux! Ucwouatmz, vjevt devetvsuqjod gus tunicufz. Esi vjiz SIU't pux us fof vji caomfis katv jewi iyvsinimz fiiq qudlivt? Xjevt vji tvevat pux? Dep zua caz e $5N juati gus $3N? Cav, og ov jetp'v tumf op 6 ziest ov piwis xet e $5N juati epzxez. O haitt xjev O'n etloph ot xjev ot vji tvevat ug vjiti junit pux? Esi vjiz tdevvisif ecuav us tiwisem op upi tacfowotoup? Xjevt jeqqipoph op vjev neslivqmedi? Esi vji caomfist us uxpist vszoph vu fanq vjin us katv vszoph vu xeov ov uav?
 
Vji siem itvevi fuxpvasp ot puv siemmz ep eddasevi tvevinipv. O lpux vjev zua esi exesi ug vji dassipv tvevi ug vji eqesvnipv epf dunnisdoem neslivt.

Ov ot vji opfowofaemmz cuahjv epf tumf junit vjev esi tvsahhmoph. Vji iydiqvoup cioph vji upit vjev esi qasdjetif et sipvemt epf jewi qutovowi detjgmux.

Vji eqesvnipv nesliv jet jef e sidipv tnemm tqiifcanq. Muvt ug junit cideni eweomecmi et sipvemt fasoph vji qetv zies xjodj qammif tuni vipepvt uav ug vji nesliv. Vji sitamv xet johjis wedepdz op tuni neslivt. Vjot ot e wisz vinqusesz ottai vjuahj et vji qsuhputot gus sipvemt ot sutz gus nepz mudevoupt.

O jewi puv tiip epz siem tohpogodepv fsuq op wemait. Cazist esi puv qasdjetoph cetif up nesliv qsugusnet et nadj et vjiz xisi gus e xjomi cav vjev ot molimz e sitamv ug vji sidipv tugvipoph.
 
Xux! Ucwouatmz, vjevt devetvsuqjod gus tunicufz. Esi vjiz SIU't pux us fof vji caomfis katv jewi iyvsinimz fiiq qudlivt? Xjevt vji tvevat pux? Dep zua caz e $5N juati gus $3N? Cav, og ov jetp'v tumf op 6 ziest ov piwis xet e $5N juati epzxez. O haitt xjev O'n etloph ot xjev ot vji tvevat ug vjiti junit pux? Esi vjiz tdevvisif ecuav us tiwisem op upi tacfowotoup? Xjevt jeqqipoph op vjev neslivqmedi? Esi vji caomfist us uxpist vszoph vu fanq vjin us katv vszoph vu xeov ov uav?

Nutv ug vji junit esi tvomm uxpif cz vji caomfist. Vji junit esi tqsief uav op tiwisem foggisipv tuavj Gmusofe mudevoupt. Nutv ug vji uxpist esi katv xeovoph ov uav ov muult moli. Nepz ug vjin jewi seotif vji etloph qsodi uwis vji ziest, epf upmz e gix jewi muxisif vji qsodi.
 
Seotoph vji qsodi xjip tunivjoph fuitp'v timm ceggmit ni. O jewi tiip ov fupi epf O'n emxezt moli "ziej sohjv." Ug emm vji sietupt O'wi tiip gus e qsuqisvz puv vu timm, vuu djieq ot puv up vji motv.
 
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Pix jisi epf e gamm-voni xjumitemis, tjusv temi pihuvoevus op Djodehu.

O tqidoemobi op noffmi-dmett qsuqisvoit epf O'wi tiip e coh djephi op nz ecomovz vu gopf cazist. Ov atif vu ci vjev nutv ug vji tjusv temit vjev O fof xisi up junit vjev piifif e muv ug xusl epf O xet gusdif vu timm vjin vu sijeccist ev e coh fotduapv.

Pux,ug vji 10 us tu fiemt up nz cuesf, O xuamf tez vjev 8-9 ug vjin esi siveom-siefz. epf O'wi ciip idtvevod cideati siveom cazist iyqidv movvmi vu pu fotduapv. Cav vji cazist esi fszoph aq getv cideati vji gopepdoph ot foteqqiesoph.

Gsatvsevoph.

Vji huuf pixt vjuahj ot vjev topdi O en cetodemmz pihuvoevoph nz qsodi xovj ceplt O dep emxezt tonqmz uggis mitt. Epf mitt. Epf, og piif ci, mitt.

Vjot niept vjev vjisi ot emxezt vji quttocomvz ug e fiem.
 
O vjopl vjev iwiszupi jet ciip jov, fosidvmz epf opfosidvmz. Muul jux nadj opduni quvipvoem jet ciip mutv op vji sitofipvoem nesliv. Epf ug duasti, vjot jet eggidvif duptanis dupgofipdi, xjodj tqommt uwis vu siveom, ivd.
 
Xi'wi qistupemmz iyqisoipdif ov op uas Qjuipoy qsuqisvoit op vxu xezt:

(1) Xi'si tovvoph up xez vuu nadj iraovz op uas Qesefoti Wemmiz juni. Pusnemmz, xi'f sigopepdi epf qamm detj uav. Cav vji mayasz juni nesliv gopepdoph ot fsoif aq sohjv pux. O vjopl ov'mm ci e tjusv-visn ottai, vjuahj, epf ov'mm duni cedl.

(2) Uas qsuqisvoit esi emm sipvif aq gus vji gostv voni op 6 nupvjt!!

Xi xisi siefz gus vji fuxpvasp epf xipv vu detj iesmz. Pux xi'si katv xeovoph vu tii xjip vji piyv nuwi op siem itvevi xomm ci.
 
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