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6♣

i'ma lead my stiff ♥ i reckon

Gasol isn't one of the top 5 forwards in the NBA imo. He just plays on a team with Kobe. I would look good at forward if I had Kobe on my team.

also lol gerber

I also play 3♠ relays 3NT, but then i flipflop the minors. Partner bids the first step to say he doesn't like his hand for slam and responds RKC with steps 2-5. so I'd start 2NT-3♠; 3NT-4♣ ??

oleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ole ole ole oleeeeeeeeeeeeeee oleeeeeeeeeeeeeee oleeeeeeeeeeeeeee

uhh...

I can see how this can be very successful. If he really has waiting lists, which I don't doubt, this is a great way to get steady income. I might have to look into this more.

BEAT LA

Thanks for the link. I never even knew about BFI, but I found the thread and I'm excited to read it. I started skimming some of the first 5-10 posts and I'll assume the thread will get better if it's 5 stars. The OP is doing something very similar to what I want to do, except I plan to stay entirely away from the low-income housing in rough neighborhoods that seem to be his target market. He definitely lost some credibility with me, though, when he said his primary strategy is to buy and hold, but then he says, "Potential growth and projected appreciation and stuff like that is all too esoteric for me." I understand he's focusing on positive cash flows and first quarter ROIs, but it seems a bit short-sighted to me. He started the thread by saying REI is not all about location like everyone hears, but for some people (like those who can eat large negative cash flows until the property appreciates) location is a huge part of it. So I just hope he recognizes that he has a fine strategy, but it's not the only way to real estate success. Obv a trailer park is less likely to experience demand appreciation than a beachfront home, so he doesn't have to worry about potential growth in that context. Trailer parks can be built pretty much anywhere; they stopped making beaches a long time ago. Dallas is another area where demand appreciation isn't such a big thing. In that past decade or so, our appreciation has been one of the lowest in the country. The market is stable, though, so I'm certain his strategy would work here too. I personally just don't want to deal with the extra risk associated with low income housing in dangerous neighborhoods. I admit I'd have a hard time bullying people into paying their rent on time, and I hate the idea of hiring a guard to help me pry money out of people's hands. That's not the type of landlord I aspire to be. But anyway, I'll keep reading the whole thread when I'm not at work. I'm sure I'll learn a lot.

+1 to lols

I guess I bid 3♣ more liberally than most as opener with a strong two suiter.

http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?showtopic=39224

My roommate is closing on a duplex in Dallas next month. I'll be moving there to help manage the property. First hand experience with minimal risk seems like a good play.

I'd just bid 3♣. ♦Txx sucks, stiff ♥ may or may not be bad, the ♠ arent good.

meh. i've gone down in 3NT before, I'll survive going down once more.

awm's post is good. I'll also offer that some people switch the dbl and 1♠ bid, so that dbl shows 4-5♠ and 1♠ shows less than 4. This gets opener to declare spades when you have a fit in addition to the benefits above.

Does anyone else enjoy MsPeteys rants as much as I do? As an added bonus, you never know in which subforum they'll appear!

looks like penalty to me

Them declaring a major contract and partner leading a club is probably the best thing that can happen if we double lol

no

5♥ seems completely nuts to me.

t/o. I think Phil's right if dbl is penalty.

start with 2♦ and go from there.

lol 6NT at imps