Because the home owners are depressed, angry, scared and they paniced it is often hard to deal with them.

If there's a depression, it could be worth its weight in gold.

We've had an UNPRECEDENTED runup (bubble) in stock prices since 1996 and we could have an UNPRECEDENTED bust (much worse than the great depression).Just another cheery thought to consider.Mike

The indent was a large depression that started near the middle of the living room floor and got deeper as it extended toward the outer wall and the interior living room/bedroom wall.

They will rent to "sleeper" zombies (also placed here by aliens) who will commence to eat walls and electric wiring of properties.Horrified, rental property owners will dump millions of properties onto an already depressed market.

The course following the minor depression, banks were shut down because they lost so much money from these people who could not offer a 20% downpayment.

In 2007, the most recent year for which statistics are available, 42% of men and 48% of women began collecting Social Security retirement benefits at age 62, the first year of eligibility.The current recession, the worst since the Depression, is striking when older workers are by historical standards unusually vulnerable.

These areas have depressed RE values, but also have good areas (if you search for them) with families needing a place to rent.

Seems like the biggest depression was after the creation of the FED system in 1929.

This should increase the cost of American's #1 expense.We're seeing the housing bubble that led to the Great Depression play out all over again.