I ran downstairs to move the car and found a large branch from a tall tree fell and took out my back window, and also dented the rear left quarter panel and left scratches and a chip in the paint.

What part of the country are you in where you can get $1,600 rent for each unit in a duplex and then another $1,600 for a maid's quarters.

A quarter of the workforce was unemployed.

If (that's a big if) foreclosures continue at the current rate, it will continue to impact values, but some analysts say we're going to bottom out in the 4th quarter of 09.

My tenant pays water/sewer, billed quarterly.

Checking coin returns on payphones until I collect enough quarters?

Then an email, maybe a quarterly phone call.

The US will be in a recession until the first or second quarter of 2010 AT THE EARLIEST.

While nobody can accurately predict either top or bottom (it took the Govt a year to declare a recession), everyone still has to plan for the future and you know what they say about opinions.Third quarter, 2010.

One thing to think about and plan for is that if you cash out the $120k inherited IRA, yes your marginal income goes up $120k for this year, but if you don't have the appropriate amount of taxes withheld from the distribution (some places may force you to withhold taxes-ask your custodian) you will owe quarterly tax payments for 2010 based on an income that is $120k higher this year than normal.