I suspect two of the issues that will come up are "It's socialized medicine and we don't want that," and "It's going to be expensive."

Thing is, insurance companies have, for years, (thank you federal government) been working in an artificial market which allows them to inflate their costs to no end.

I have a degree in physical therapy and sports medicine :D

I don't care to debate how and when and how slowly or quickly the properties will be released, but there is no way they can artificially hold this real estate market with the tsunami of foreclosures that are hitting every month.

When it really comes down to the issue of socialist medicine being forced on us - no one gives a sh-- about this.

In the front plant some evergreen shrubs (I buy them at the end of the season for $9.99 for the five gallon) and plant an invasive groud cover around it (packasandra or something like that).It would help to know where these properties are because you could use Xeriscaping or artificial turf if you are in Vegas or AZ.

Let the lemmings run gold up to $2,500 I will be buying real estate in 2010 and then when the lemmings come back in 2011 or 2012 I take the artificial pop in my net worth ...

Looks like BoA finally got a taste of its own medicine.

In fact, “the main reason for the drop [in REO inventory] has been the artificially low pace of REO acquisitions associated with increasing foreclosure timelines/delays.”

Daniel Toshner at first glance it would appear that that is an artificial limit based on the jumbo loan threshold, however, if your primary is in Seattle, the jumbo loan limit is much higher than that.I'd recommend shopping around and seeing who is able to meet your needs at the best price.