I think that if they are willing to take AdWords revenue knowing that some of the advertisers are scammers, they need to start losing paid members in a big way; and the sooner the community starts to collapse and force them to act ethically, the better for all the members who count on them to provide the ethics and honesty we all need to vet various people and organizations in order to weed out the scammers, so honest people can do business together.

Are there any public record you can look at to see what has been going on in the area since the market collapsed in 2008?

Samantha,Here are some thoughts from a guy who has invested in residential rental properties over 35 years, done quite well, but has near-collapsed twice (decades ago) under too much debt.Real estate leveraging always has the seductive pull of being able to do more, more, more if you use leverage.

Unfortunately, this has caused a collapse of communication between the professions of RE agents and appraisers.

Prices on these collapsed the most, as many in the midwest are buying REOs at 25-30% of 2006 prices.

It was about the collapse that happened back in 2008 involving wall st ect...

I still feel the US economy and related aspects have a lot of bad mojo to purge and I want to be prepared for job loss, currency collapse, etc....Joshua Dorkin - if a profile picture is is what you want, a profile picture is what you get...but consider yourself warned.Looking forward to working with you all.PJ

We seem to be following Japans post credit bubble collapse that started there 20 years ago.

Mike Rubin,I doubt that we will ever see the South Florida Real Estate Market collapse, like it did in 2008-09-10.A recent article in the Sun-Sentinel was about Builders coming back into the Southeast Florida Market.Here is a link to that article:http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-03-25/business/fl-davie-builder-20130325_1_demands-rise-townhomes-and-condominiums-parkland-golfRaymond

I got myself squared away financially around ’04, and did earn a real estate license in Georgia in 2006, but then had to move back to California in 2007, just as the market began to collapse.