We have artificial support at present with 80 billion per month being created with no foundation and interest rates being kept artificially low, imo.Jeffrey- You must be dealing in newer "A" properties.

As Blackstone has already $6 Billion on 40,000 properties across the country, imagine how much more they could do when they don't have to rely on equity and credit lines, and can monetize their cash flows as well.

inCert1=29730Their assets and liabilities report for March 31, 2008 (latest available) shows loans of 19.59 billion with loss allowances of 350 million.

Numbers like $1 billion portfolios and they want to put the money to use inside 60 days of having funds in place and they want to avoid the headache properties.

Everyone here is always learning, so keep up with the forums, ask any questions you may have (or search for them on the billions of threads out there) and be sure to check out all the podcasts.

Anyone on here actually seen the BILLION dollar wall between tx,mx?

some in the states would be smart enough to figure that out others would be clueless that's why resident hotels do so well they charge by the week.Also cant answer why we have war zones.. could be there are 1 billion guns in the US.. could be so much reliance on social welfare could be there are just lawless people.. don't really know the answer.but it is regional.. and normally started in Urban core settings.. and becomes less acute in smaller towns through out the US>. 

We also acquire hotels nationwide and our hotel partners have over $2 BILLION worth of hotels under management. 

The U.S.A. has a "black budget" of billions of dollars and some of those dollars have found their way to Ukraine.

Worry about jets and Uncle G later after you've made your first billion.