Its also home of Swift, the meat packing company and one of their plants that was recently raided by ICE.

she wanted her option money, all her rent credit and $$ for improvements (planting a couple outdoor plants which suddenly became expensive) since she wasn't buying the property.Long story short, it goes to court and the judge rules in her favor.

In Mobile, AL, 10 days ago a German company called Thyenn Corp Group or somehting like that announced they are going to be building the biggest steel plant facility in the country, and will likely be the biggest in the world.

If you look at cities that have auto plants (US manufacturer or related to one) you will see falling employment.

A new Honda plant being built up the road a few miles didn't hurt.

Once I got it planted in my mind that I hated the feeling of "what if" more than I feared the feeling of failure, it made all the difference in how I not only approached real estate, but also life.

So, rainforests are being cleared away to plant palms for the oil.What I do think holds promise is algea based biodiesel.

Look for things like deferred maintenance on plant and equipment, disgruntled employees, being too short staffed in order to make the bottom line look better.

After that came a home on 20 acres planted to alfalfa that I renovated and moved into, and I partnered on a commercial building with my broker, with a couple more in the works.My interests include farming, cattle, horses, hunting, fishing, poker, and R.E. investing of course.It is great to meet all of you and I can tell this is a classy site, glad I can be a part of it.

After talking to him it planted the seed for us to buy a vacation rental on Mt Hood.