"Stocks have returned, on average, about 8% to 12% per year while real estate has generated returns of 2% to 4% per year," says Peter Earle, an economist at the American Institute for Economic Research.

(Source: The Mortgage Report)Here's the link for more details: https://themortgagereports.com/107690/fannie-mae-introduces-...Opportunities exist in every economic cycle...this is a great one for building and preserving wealth.Best... 

Ongoing population growth, a thriving tech scene and strong economic factors point towards potential value increases down the line.

Consolidated, simple, easy living, saving money and being more economical than todays standard.

I own a floor sander and can do it VERY economically.

Code Se. 2.716, https://casetext.com/statute/texas-codes/business-and-commer...Specific Performance Versus Damages for Breach of Contract: An Economic Analysis, Shavell, Texas Law Review, Vol. 84, Num 4, March 2006, http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/shavell/pdf/Shavell-SpecP...Anything more, you can request a consultation and pay the retainer.

There’s numbers on a piece of paper that put seller financing in a great light.And then there’s the reality of seller financing being a bet on the buyer managing and maintaining a property well for years or decades while you still have skin in the game.And a bet that the value doesn’t decline by more than the balance of the debt.And a bet that the higher “price” received because of seller financing doesn’t come with opportunity cost in the form of being able to spend or invest the liquidity day 1.And the fact that buyers with seller financing always want better terms than a bank would give them, which is real economics that sellers are far less equipped than banks to estimate risk/reward on.Seller financing is relatively rare.

just read a great article in WSJ about Professor Daniel Kahneman who passed away 2 days ago, he and Amos Teversky invented the modern field of behavioral economics.

Apparently, because this was auctioning taxes not paid in the first years prior to the financial crisis, there were more properties on the block than ever before in Franklin County - over 40. 

I had a front row seat to the 2008 crisis working for a construction equipment manufacturer.