But I would see a bigger cause of decreased RV sales coming from the down RE market in much of the nation.

I get motivated when I see muscle men at the Gym or couple of my friends when I meet them.

Property #1Purchase Price $149,500 (Nov 2004)PITI - $1725 (includes $350 for HELOC, $250 for escrow shortage pymt (12months left), $125 Association Dues)Rent Received: $1195Net - -$530 (ouchhhh)And this does not even take operating expenses into acct (double ouuchhhh)...and a very high vacancy rate in Property #1...Positives: This areas has NOT seen a decrease in prices at all.

However, as Jason also stated, there are many factors which can decrease OE.Capital expenses are capital expenses, not OE.

If rents increase and expenses decrease, you could have an improvement in cash flow.

msedwick: Values have dropped 5-10% or so in the last year according to my tax records, but in terms of sales, things are pretty much flat - no increase or decrease.

Chris, You will need to work on flexing your "risk" muscle and get used to having multiple mortgages.

I can drive 10 miles and price can increase or decrease by at least 200K.

The Filings have showed a pattern of a month increase and a 2 month decrease followed by another increase.

A funnel is a good analogy because the number people decreases as they go down.