I am a real estate appraiser here in Central Florida and have bought several houses before the boom.

Seems to me that during the Clinton years, the economy was booming and the National debt was non-existant.

Rarely is the phenomenon as organized as Rameau's effort to "liberate" foreclosed homes.Florida _ especially the Miami area, with its once-booming condo market _ is one of the hardest-hit states in the housing crisis, largely because of overbuilding and speculation.

Dubai’s relative autonomy will come to an abrupt end.†The emirate’s push into luxury property developments and tourist attractions was diversification on “paper sand,†said Davidson, a professor of Middle Eastern affairs at Durham University in the U.K. ‘Nasty Downturn’ Real-estate prices may drop 20 percent or more, analysts at EFG-Hermes Holding SAE, the biggest publicly traded investment bank in Egypt, said in a report this week.

I have been successful with my own properties in the past and was able to capitalize modestly on the boom we had in Denver during the 90's, but I am not in a position to invest at the moment.

You write a check - and boom, they fall over dead."

The loss mit rep's tone changes abruptly and you're immediately transferred to the bank's legal department.

I want to learn from someone who has experienced more than just the boom end of a cycle: Someone who is probably too busy investing to be running a seminar business.

Howdy Brian: bet business is booming for you!

I have heard that texas was undervalued and is now only at a reasonable level, but I've also heard that Texas can not support its current prices and is a "boom and bust" state that was at the tail end of the boom and may starts its correction much later as well.