1st Time HomeBuyer/Potential RealEstate Investor Question?

After an unexpected tax bill this past April our accountant said we need to buy a house (we live in San Francisco) for the mortgage intrest write off. We do not have an acceptable down payment for our desired location but were wondering if it would be prudent or even possible for us to [...]

2nd part of question regarding my rental deposit. The realestate broker took the security check and cashed it

yet the Landlord to be claims someone was going to do repairs on today 3/22/08 no one is at the property when i went by. I am begining to think he is going to be a slum lord as it was it took him almost 2 weeks to sign the lease. And the [...]