Watch the neighborhood sales market as well for timing.I read statistics that showed buyers have less interest in spending alot of money and/or time in the kitchen as they did in the past due to their busy lifestyles.

Chris, in the Dallas area, I'd recommend looking at Lifestyles Unlimited (www.luinc.com) as a local REI club.

It is good to see how your business is tracking to fulfill the lifestyle results you want, while accomplishing what you want to do for the year.

I want to be a part of their school activities, and have a lifestyle that allows me to pursue my own interests without having to worry about earning a paycheck.

:mrgreen: Interesting - sounds like a list of men who gave up the hippie lifestyle to be capitalists.

One only buys in anticipation of appreciation, and for the lifestyle benefits (stability of tenure, etc), and this is what 70% of the market does.

If you want to be successful, in my opinion you need to take what may sometimes feel like painful steps in order to do so and that may include a change in lifestyle.

There are ways to do this without massive lifestyle shifts.

They know where to look for the best deal and a better place for you that would suit your lifestyle.

Thirty years from now you may see the world dominated by Indian, Japanese, Chinese or some other nation's autumobiles and the US reduced to a lesser, and poorer status as we continue to try to maintain our rich lifestyle on outdated technology, or pay other nations for things we SHOULD HAVE been developing ourselves!