From the standpoint of my time, I'm not sure if I want to work in this type of time consuming environment.

Seems to me we're on the well-greased skids to super-socialism.For me the real question is: How to position one's self to prosper in that environment?

However, the electrical wiring at the time did not meet water environment codes and I had to find mining cable that blew up the budget 5 fold in that department.

In this environment banks don’t want to take back any more houses than they have to.

Also TX population and job growth remain healthier than most other parts of the US.

In an inflationary environment, fixed rate debt, such as a mortgage gets cheaper in real dollars over time.

Recently the economy got all wobbly and creates an amazing environment for investing in real estate.

Using any kind of positive appreciation number in this real estate environment is a fools game.

"Given the current economic and business environment — and to further align our interests with those of our shareholders — we are making some difficult decisions to reduce or eliminate programs that do not directly impact our ability to serve our clients, customers and communities," Bank of America spokeswoman Kelly Sapp said in an e-mail.

Granted , today is a little different environment , but the fundamentals are still the same.