At the core of their decision-making process is the cattle prod of all cattle prods to get this economy moving: the existing TARP plus Obama's promised $850 billion stimulus package (with $310 billion in tax cuts).

You could literally say "mickey mouse says this account is not mine" Don't try to out attorney them by quoting laws, they are multi-BILLION dollar company's with top notch attorney's so that approach doesn't work.I agree, to get mediocre results you can do it yourself.

I don't get it, if I had the billions (or even millions) of dollars right now, I would be making loans left and right.

Sending thousands of troops into Iraq to avenge his fathers beef and lying to the country all while spending billions and giving government contracts to his friends?

To counter this, you raise rents at the next opportunity and shorten the term of the lease to 6 months.The cycle continues and accelerates and you react by again shortening the term of the lease.In true hyperinflation, the lease terms would either shorten to a week or less OR have a price index component.On the bright side, soon everyone will own a multimillion or billion dollar portfolio of properties.

We first became interested in ABQ after hearing all the news about Netflix & Universal setting up shop and investing over a billion dollars over the next 10 years in production and job creation.

What happens when you tell people "oh hey, this big multi million/billion $ fund is coming looking to buy up properties in your area"?

Has Bill Gates really added Billions more "value" to mankind than you or me?  

If there are others building billion-dollar companies from nothing, I'm sure I can get across town without owning my own car. 

I don't buy stocks, I invest in companies" - Warren BuffettThe fact that Turner, Buffett and Gates have pledged to give a billion a year to charity make them all alright in my book, regardless of political slant, hardware lean, or software preference.