Once we're able to speak more intelligently to our plans, I'd love to pick your brain a bit more.

For those of us lucky enough to have stumbled on the intelligent, insightful and witty bloggings of Tanta at Calculated Risk, I thought I would inform you that she passed away on November 30th of ovarian cancer at the age of 47.

It's true you cannot under estimate the stupidity of some people, but provided you're renting to your average middle-class worker bee with half a grain of intelligence, it shouldn't be a problem.

All this in the name of trying to force the lowest common denominator (those with the least money and least investing skill) to save as much as possible.I don't see it as a well thought out plan to overthrow capitalism (as right wing talk radio might have you believe), but that doesn't mean it couldn't be the by-product of well-intentioned though misguided policy.I could write a whole lot more, but am on my iPad so it's tough to get it all down...Seen you on several forums now, enjoy reading your intelligent, well thought out presentations.

Interview agents who can give you information that allows you to make intelligent decisions.Here's one of the places where I would start:http://www.housingpredictor.com/2011/best-investors-markets.html

When you have unknown unknowns, you can not assess or quantify variables that may or may not be applicable, not until we have intelligent software that can think like we do.

It's not that hard, just takes some time and average intelligence. :)    

Or even worse insult my intelligence by saying my partner did not think it was a good deal.

We are both reasonably intelligent and certainly no strangers to hard work.

Steve NA  obviously your intelligent enough to amass your portfolio.. and if your not willing to sell it or borrow against it.